Gem Load Error is: uninitialized constant ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesProtection

[marcosserpa]

Guys, I'm trying to upgrade an application from Rails 3.2.22 to 4.0.13 and I'm getting Gem Load Error is: uninitialized constant ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesProtection when trying to load activerecord_any_of gem (1.4). The gem was suppose to be ready for Rails 4.0.x. That error was not suppose to be happening.

The error trace:

/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:94:in `rescue in block (2 levels) in require': There was an error while trying to load the gem 'activerecord_any_of'. (Bundler::GemRequireError)
Gem Load Error is: uninitialized constant ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesProtection
Backtrace for gem load error is:
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb:6:in `<module:AttributeAssignment>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb:3:in `<module:ActiveRecord>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:300:in `<class:Base>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:281:in `<module:ActiveRecord>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:22:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord_any_of-1.4/lib/activerecord_any_of.rb:93:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:91:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:91:in `block (2 levels) in require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:86:in `each'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:86:in `block in require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:75:in `each'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:75:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/bundler-1.14.3/lib/bundler.rb:107:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/config/application.rb:13:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/.rbenv/versions/2.1.8/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/.rbenv/versions/2.1.8/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/config/environment.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/.rbenv/versions/2.1.8/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/.rbenv/versions/2.1.8/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/spec/spec_helper.rb:6:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/.rbenv/versions/2.1.8/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/.rbenv/versions/2.1.8/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/spec/classes/notification/adapters/push_spec.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1435:in `load'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1435:in `block in load_spec_files'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1433:in `each'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1433:in `load_spec_files'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:100:in `setup'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:86:in `run'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/invocations.rb:23:in `call'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:69:in `run'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:45:in `invoke'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/rspec-core-3.5.4/exe/rspec:4:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/bin/rspec:23:in `load'
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/bin/rspec:23:in `<main>'

My Gemfile:

source 'http://rubygems.org'

ruby '2.1.8'

gem 'rails', '4.0.0'
gem 'rake'

gem 'activeresource'
gem 'rails-observers'

gem 'bootstrap-wysihtml5-rails'
gem 'jquery-rails', '= 2.2.1'
gem 'jquery-hotkeys-rails'
gem 'jquery-mousewheel-rails'
gem 'jquery-ui-rails', '= 4.0.1'
gem 'jscrollpane-rails'
gem 'requirejs-rails'
gem 'turbolinks'

gem 'acts_as_list', '0.7.4'
gem 'paranoia'
gem 'acts_as_tree', '2.2.0'

source 'https://rails-assets.org' do
  BOOTSTRAP_VERSION = '= 3.3.4'
  ANGULAR_VERSION   = '= 1.3.15'
  gem 'rails-assets-bootstrap-sass', BOOTSTRAP_VERSION
  gem 'rails-assets-angular', ANGULAR_VERSION
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-animate', ANGULAR_VERSION
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-gantt', '= 1.2.5'
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-filereader'
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-google-maps', '= 2.0.17'
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-resource', ANGULAR_VERSION
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-sanitize', ANGULAR_VERSION
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-ui-select', '= 0.11.2'
  gem 'rails-assets-angular-wysiwyg', '= 1.2.2'
  gem 'rails-assets-jquery', '= 2.1.3'
  gem 'rails-assets-jquery-debounce'
  gem 'rails-assets-ng-file-upload', '= 3.3.4'
  gem 'rails-assets-restangular'
end

gem 'simple_form_angular'

gem 'devise', '3.3.0'
gem 'devise_security_extension', '0.10.0'

gem 'pg'
gem 'slugged', '2.0.0'

gem 'active_model_serializers', '0.9.3'
gem 'activerecord-postgres-hstore' # Remove after removing DataActivity OR after update to Rails 4 - read the
gem 'foreigner', '1.7.3' # will not be needed in Rails 4.2 and up
gem 'geocoder', '1.4.3' # needs some changes when in rails 4.1 and up. look at gem page at github

gem 'haml', '4.0.7' # why using haml AND haml-rails at the same time? Try to remove with rails 4.2
gem 'less-rails'
gem 'sass-rails', '5.0.0' # needs to be changed to 5.0.0 when in rails 4.0 and up
gem 'rabl', '0.13.1'

gem 'autoprefixer-rails'

gem 'figaro', '>= 0.5.3' # Are we using figaro? I did not see any application.yml
gem 'rails-settings-cached', '0.3.2' # needs to be changed to 0.3.2 when in rails 4.0, to 0.3.2 when in rails


gem 'activerecord_any_of', '1.4' # could we replace the places that uses the methods to not use this gem?
gem 'axlsx', github: 'randym/axlsx'
gem 'carrierwave_backgrounder'
gem 'carrierwave_direct'
gem 'chronic', '0.10.2' # too old. could we replace this by some other thing?
gem 'doc_raptor' # deprecated. is this used somewhere? if yes change to https://github.com/DocRaptor/docraptor-ruby
gem 'draper', require: false # change to 2.1.0 when in rails 4.2
gem 'font_assets', github: 'grzlus/font_assets' # remove. not needed
gem 'interactor'
gem 'mimemagic' # do we really need this? Just one place uses this

gem 'mini_magick', git: 'git://github.com/minimagick/minimagick.git', ref: '6d0f8f953112cce6324a524d76c7e126ee14f392' # study remove rmagick and let only this in the last version
gem 'rmagick'

gem 'multi_fetch_fragments'
gem 'naught', '1.1.0'
gem 'redis-session-store', '0.9.1'
gem 'roar-rails', '1.0.2'
gem 'roo', '2.7.1'
gem 'roo-xls'
gem 'routing_concerns' # try to remove in rails 4.2
gem 'rubyXL', '3.3.22', require: false
gem 'virtus'
gem 'wicked_pdf', '1.1.0'
gem 'audited', '4.0.0'

gem 'activerecord-postgres-array', '0.0.9' # Not need in Rails4
gem 'fog', '~> 1.3.1' # try to update to 1.38.0
gem 'navigasmic', '1.1.0'
gem 'kaminari', '0.17.0' # needs to be changed to 1.0.1 when in rails 4.1 and up
gem 'kaminari-bootstrap'
gem 'savon', github: 'savonrb/savon'
gem 'rails_serve_static_assets', '0.0.5'
gem 'ruby-progressbar', require: false

gem 'tire'

gem 'ransack'

gem 'heroku-api'

gem 'passenger', '>= 5.1.2'

gem 'therubyracer'

gem 'httpclient'

gem 'sidekiq', '4.2.9'
gem 'sidetiq', github: 'grzlus/sidetiq'
gem 'sidekiq-middleware'
gem 'sinatra'
gem 'redis'

gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'

group :beta, :production, :staging, :testing do
  gem 'newrelic_rpm'
end

group :test, :development do
  gem 'pry-byebug'
  gem 'capybara', '~> 2.12.0'
  gem 'dotenv-rails', '2.2.0'
  gem 'fabrication', '~> 2.16.0'
  gem 'guard-rspec', '4.6.4'
  gem 'json_expressions'
  gem 'rb-fsevent', '~> 0.9.8'
  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.5.2'
  gem 'spring', '1.7.2' # will not be needed in Rails 4.1 and up
  gem 'spring-commands-rspec'
end

group :test do
  gem 'database_cleaner', '>= 0.9.1'
  gem 'email_spec', '>= 1.4.0'
  gem 'launchy', '2.4.3'
  gem 'rspec-sidekiq'
  gem 'shoulda'
  gem 'timecop', '0.8.0'
  gem 'vcr'
  gem 'webmock', '1.24.6'
  gem 'rspec-collection_matchers'
end

group :development do
  gem 'better_errors', '2.1.1'
  gem 'binding_of_caller', '>= 0.6.8'
  gem 'bullet', '4.14.0' # needs to be changed to 5.5.0 when in rails 4.0 and up
  gem 'coffee-rails-source-maps' # will not be needed in Rails 4.X and up that includes coffescript >= 1.6.1
  gem 'foreman', '0.83.0'
  gem 'meta_request'
  gem 'pry-remote'
  gem 'quiet_assets', '>= 1.0.1' # maybe not needed anymore in rails 4.0 and up
  gem 'ruby_parser', '>= 3.1.1'
  gem 'yard' # is someone using this for something?
end

gem 'whenever', require: false
gem 'classy_hash'

Rails is already in 4.0.0. Ruby, 2.1.8.

Thanks! <3

[oelmekki]

Hi,

It seems to me this is not a activerecord_any_of error. It is triggered when AR_any_of tries to extend an AR class, which is probably the first time AR is loaded in the lifecycle of the app. But then, it's AR itself that triggers that error:

Gem Load Error is: uninitialized constant ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesProtection
Backtrace for gem load error is:
/Users/marcosserpa/workspace/work/ironin/vmm/.gems/gems/activerecord-4.0.0/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb:6:in `<module:AttributeAssignment>'

My bet is that you forgot to bundle the strong_parameters gem (which your gemfile seems to indicate).

[betesh]

This happens because activerecord_any_of loads ActiveRecord::Base too early.

activerecord_any_of should use an ActiveSupport load hook, replacing:

ActiveRecord::Base.send(:extend, ActiverecordAnyOfDelegation)

with:

ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
  ActiveRecord::Base.send(:extend, ActiverecordAnyOfDelegation)
end

[oelmekki]

Hi @betesh ,

Is it a problem you encountered as well? I could not reproduce it and had no feedback, so I assumed it was indeed unrelated.

Anyway, you're right : this is a place where using life cycle hooks is a better solution no matter what. Thanks for taking the time to point it out!

[betesh]

I was not able to reproduce it, but I recommend making this change anyway.