ArgumentError in Fae::SetupController#create_first_user after following installation steps + workaround from issue #600

[s2k]

Setup

• Created an up-to-date Rails app
• Followed the installation instructions for fae -> https://github.com/wearefine/fae?tab=readme-ov-file#installation
• Additionally added code as described in Issue Following installation steps throws exception 'Sprockets::Rails::Helper::AssetNotPrecompiledError in Fae::Setup#first_user' #600
• Ruby, Rails & Fae versions:

  > ruby -v
  ruby 3.3.0 (2023-12-25 revision 5124f9ac75) +YJIT [x86_64-darwin22]
  > rails -v
  Rails 7.1.3.2
  > bundle list
  Gems included by the bundle:
  ⋮
   * fae-rails (3.0.0)
  ⋮
  

• Started a local rails server with

  bin/rails s
  

• Opened URL http://127.0.0.1:3000/admin/
• Got redirected to http://127.0.0.1:3000/admin/first_user
• Filled the displayed form with user data.

Behaviour

I get this response when submitting a correctly filled form for the first user:

ArgumentError in Fae::SetupController#create_first_user
missing keyword: :coder If no default coder is configured, a coder must be provided to serialize.
Extracted source (around line #208):

206         coder ||= default_column_serializer
207         unless coder
208            raise ArgumentError, <<~MSG.squish
209             missing keyword: :coder
210
211              If no default coder is configured, a coder must be provided to `serialize`.

Stack Trace

activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/attribute_methods/serialization.rb:208:in `serialize'
fae-rails (3.0.0) app/models/fae/change.rb:9:in `<class:Change>'
fae-rails (3.0.0) app/models/fae/change.rb:2:in `<module:Fae>'
fae-rails (3.0.0) app/models/fae/change.rb:1:in `<main>'
/Users/stephan/.rbenv/versions/3.3.0/lib/ruby/3.3.0/bundled_gems.rb:74:in `require'
/Users/stephan/.rbenv/versions/3.3.0/lib/ruby/3.3.0/bundled_gems.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in replace_require'
bootsnap (1.18.3) lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
zeitwerk (2.6.13) lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:26:in `require'
fae-rails (3.0.0) app/models/concerns/fae/trackable.rb:30:in `add_create_change'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:403:in `block in make_lambda'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:239:in `block in halting_and_conditional'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:602:in `block in invoke_after'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:602:in `each'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:602:in `invoke_after'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:111:in `run_callbacks'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:952:in `_run_create_callbacks'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:445:in `_create_record'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:114:in `_create_record'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/persistence.rb:1221:in `create_or_update'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:441:in `block in create_or_update'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:121:in `block in run_callbacks'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/autosave_association.rb:375:in `around_save_collection_association'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:130:in `block in run_callbacks'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:141:in `run_callbacks'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:952:in `_run_save_callbacks'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:441:in `create_or_update'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:125:in `create_or_update'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/persistence.rb:718:in `save'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/validations.rb:49:in `save'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:309:in `block in save'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:365:in `block in with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:535:in `block in within_new_transaction'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/concurrency/null_lock.rb:9:in `synchronize'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:532:in `within_new_transaction'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:344:in `transaction'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:361:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:309:in `save'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/suppressor.rb:52:in `save'
fae-rails (3.0.0) app/controllers/fae/setup_controller.rb:25:in `create_first_user'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:224:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:165:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:259:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:121:in `block in run_callbacks'
turbo-rails (2.0.4) lib/turbo-rails.rb:24:in `with_request_id'
turbo-rails (2.0.4) app/controllers/concerns/turbo/request_id_tracking.rb:10:in `turbo_tracking_request_id'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:130:in `block in run_callbacks'
actiontext (7.1.3.2) lib/action_text/rendering.rb:23:in `with_renderer'
actiontext (7.1.3.2) lib/action_text/engine.rb:69:in `block (4 levels) in <class:Engine>'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:130:in `instance_exec'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:130:in `block in run_callbacks'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:141:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:258:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:25:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:74:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:206:in `block in instrument'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:58:in `instrument'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:206:in `instrument'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:73:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:261:in `process_action'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:32:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:160:in `process'
actionview (7.1.3.2) lib/action_view/rendering.rb:40:in `process'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:227:in `dispatch'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:309:in `dispatch'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:49:in `dispatch'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:32:in `serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:51:in `block in serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:131:in `block in find_routes'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:124:in `each'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:124:in `find_routes'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:32:in `serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:882:in `call'
railties (7.1.3.2) lib/rails/engine.rb:536:in `call'
railties (7.1.3.2) lib/rails/railtie.rb:226:in `public_send'
railties (7.1.3.2) lib/rails/railtie.rb:226:in `method_missing'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:22:in `block in <class:Constraints>'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:51:in `serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:51:in `block in serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:131:in `block in find_routes'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:124:in `each'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:124:in `find_routes'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:32:in `serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:882:in `call'
remotipart (1.4.4) lib/remotipart/middleware.rb:32:in `call'
warden (1.2.9) lib/warden/manager.rb:36:in `block in call'
warden (1.2.9) lib/warden/manager.rb:34:in `catch'
warden (1.2.9) lib/warden/manager.rb:34:in `call'
rack (3.0.9.1) lib/rack/tempfile_reaper.rb:20:in `call'
rack (3.0.9.1) lib/rack/etag.rb:29:in `call'
rack (3.0.9.1) lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:43:in `call'
rack (3.0.9.1) lib/rack/head.rb:15:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/http/permissions_policy.rb:36:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/http/content_security_policy.rb:33:in `call'
rack-session (2.0.0) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:272:in `context'
rack-session (2.0.0) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:266:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:689:in `call'
activerecord (7.1.3.2) lib/active_record/migration.rb:655:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:29:in `block in call'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:101:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:28:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/actionable_exceptions.rb:16:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:29:in `call'
web-console (4.2.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:132:in `call_app'
web-console (4.2.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:28:in `block in call'
web-console (4.2.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:17:in `catch'
web-console (4.2.1) lib/web_console/middleware.rb:17:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:31:in `call'
railties (7.1.3.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:37:in `call_app'
railties (7.1.3.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:24:in `block in call'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:135:in `block in tagged'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:39:in `tagged'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:135:in `tagged'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:240:in `method_missing'
railties (7.1.3.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:24:in `call'
sprockets-rails (3.4.2) lib/sprockets/rails/quiet_assets.rb:13:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:92:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:28:in `call'
rack (3.0.9.1) lib/rack/method_override.rb:28:in `call'
rack (3.0.9.1) lib/rack/runtime.rb:24:in `call'
activesupport (7.1.3.2) lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache_middleware.rb:29:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/server_timing.rb:59:in `block in call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/server_timing.rb:24:in `collect_events'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/server_timing.rb:58:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:25:in `call'
rack (3.0.9.1) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:114:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/host_authorization.rb:141:in `call'
railties (7.1.3.2) lib/rails/engine.rb:536:in `call'
puma (6.4.2) lib/puma/configuration.rb:272:in `call'
puma (6.4.2) lib/puma/request.rb:100:in `block in handle_request'
puma (6.4.2) lib/puma/thread_pool.rb:378:in `with_force_shutdown'
puma (6.4.2) lib/puma/request.rb:99:in `handle_request'
puma (6.4.2) lib/puma/server.rb:464:in `process_client'
puma (6.4.2) lib/puma/server.rb:245:in `block in run'
puma (6.4.2) lib/puma/thread_pool.rb:155:in `block in spawn_thread'

Request

Parameters

{"authenticity_token"=>"[FILTERED]", "user"=>{"first_name"=>"Johnny", "last_name"=>"Wahoodie", "email"=>"john@example.com", "password"=>"[FILTERED]", "password_confirmation"=>"[FILTERED]"}}

Session info

Only keys: _csrf_token & session_id

Header Info

GATEWAY_INTERFACE: "CGI/1.2"
HTTP_ACCEPT: "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: "gzip, deflate"
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: "en-GB,en;q=0.9"
HTTP_ORIGIN: "http://127.0.0.1:3000"
HTTP_VERSION: "HTTP/1.1"
ORIGINAL_SCRIPT_NAME: ""
REMOTE_ADDR: "127.0.0.1"
SERVER_NAME: "127.0.0.1"
SERVER_PROTOCOL: "HTTP/1.1"

[bsl]

This seems to have something to do with incompatibility with Rails 7.1. It doesn't seem to happen if I do gem 'rails', '~> 7.0.8'.

[a-badger-llama]

It looks like in Rails 7.1, they changed the default coder to be nil: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-active-record-default-column-serializer

I set config.active_record.default_column_serializer = YAML and that resolved the error for me