Django FieldError: Why is 'comment_notifications' reported as an unknown field in BlogPage?

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I'm using Wagtail CMS 6.3 on top of Django 5.1.3 and when I run migrations with

BASH
python manage.py makemigrations
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/roland/Documents/developments/ai_blog2/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 436, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 413, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 454, in execute
    self.check()
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 486, in check
    all_issues = checks.run_checks(
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 88, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/wagtail/admin/checks.py", line 70, in get_form_class_check
    if not issubclass(edit_handler.get_form_class(), WagtailAdminPageForm):
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/wagtail/admin/panels/base.py", line 134, in get_form_class
    return get_form_for_model(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/wagtail/admin/panels/base.py", line 48, in get_form_for_model
    return metaclass(class_name, tuple(bases), form_class_attrs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/permissionedforms/forms.py", line 30, in __new__
    new_class = super().__new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/modelcluster/forms.py", line 259, in __new__
    new_class = super().__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/roland/.pyenv/versions/3.12.7/envs/ai_blog2/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/forms/models.py", line 334, in __new__
    raise FieldError(message)
django.core.exceptions.FieldError: Unknown field(s) (comment_notifications) specified for BlogPage

The error message indicates that Django is complaining about an unknown field called comment_notifications for the BlogPage model. However, my BlogPage definition does not include any field by that name. For reference, here is my complete model definition including related code snippets:

PYTHON
@register_snippet
class Author(TranslatableMixin, models.Model):
    """Authors for the blog

    Args:
        TranslatableMixin (_type_): To make it translateable
        DraftStateMixin (_type_): To make it draftable
        RevisionMixin (_type_): Let editors to make revisions
        PreviewableMixin (_type_): Let editors to preview
        models (_type_): Classical Django model
    """
    name = models.CharField(max_length=40, blank=False, help_text="Name of this author")
    short_bio = RichTextField(blank=True, help_text="Short bio of this author")
    twitter_link = models.URLField(max_length=100, blank=True, help_text="Twitter of this author")
    linkedin_link = models.URLField(max_length=100, blank=True, help_text="Linkedin of this author" )
    tiktok_link = models.URLField(max_length=100, blank=True, help_text="Tiktok of this author")
    medium_link = models.URLField(max_length=100, blank=True, help_text="Medium of this author")
    portrait = models.ForeignKey(
        'wagtailimages.Image',
        null=True,
        blank=True,
        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
        related_name='+',
        help_text="Portrait of this author"
    )
    seo_title = models.CharField(max_length=70, blank=False, unique=False, help_text="Title shown on Google search when tag listing page returned. Max length is 70.")

    seo_meta = models.CharField(max_length=160, blank=False, unique=False, help_text="Meta description shown on Google search when tag listing page returned. Max length is 160.")

    panels = [
        FieldPanel('name'),
        FieldPanel('twitter_link'),
        FieldPanel('linkedin_link'),
        FieldPanel('tiktok_link'),
        FieldPanel('medium_link'),
        FieldPanel('short_bio'),
        FieldPanel('portrait'),
        FieldPanel('seo_title'),
        FieldPanel('seo_meta')
    ]

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = "Author"
        verbose_name_plural = "Authors"
        constraints = [
            models.UniqueConstraint(fields=('translation_key', 'locale'), name='unique_translation_key_locale_blog_author'),
        ]

    def get_preview_template(self, request, mode_name):
        return "blog/previews/advert.html"
    
    def __str__(self):
        return self.name
    
@register_snippet
class MyTag(TranslatableMixin, index.Indexed):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    slug = models.SlugField(blank=True)
    seo_description = models.TextField(blank=True)
    seo_title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
    og_image = models.ForeignKey(
        get_image_model(),
        null=True,
        blank=True,
        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
        related_name='+'
    )

    panels = [
        FieldPanel('name'),
        FieldPanel('slug'),
        MultiFieldPanel([
            FieldPanel('seo_title'),
            FieldPanel('seo_description'),
            FieldPanel('og_image'),
        ], heading="SEO Settings")
    ]

    search_fields = [
        index.SearchField('name'),
        index.SearchField('seo_description'),
    ]

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if not self.slug:
            self.slug = slugify(self.name)
        super().save(*args, **kwargs)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = "Tag"
        verbose_name_plural = "Tags"
        unique_together = [
            ('translation_key', 'locale'),
            ('slug', 'locale')
        ]
        # unique_together = [
            # ('translation_key', 'locale'),
        #     ('slug', 'locale'),
        # ]

# Custom form for the BlogPage that handles tag filtering
class BlogPageForm(WagtailAdminModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        
        # Get the instance's locale if it exists (for editing) or the default locale (for new pages)
        locale = self.instance.locale if self.instance and hasattr(self.instance, 'locale') else None
        
        if locale:
            # Filter tags by locale
            filtered_tags = MyTag.objects.filter(locale=locale)
            
            # Set up the autocomplete widget with filtered queryset
            self.fields['tags'].widget = AdminTagWidget(
                model=MyTag,
                queryset=filtered_tags,
            )
            
            # Update the queryset for the field itself
            self.fields['tags'].queryset = filtered_tags

class BlogPage(SeoMixin, Page):
    author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.SET_NULL,null=True, related_name='blog_pages', help_text="Author of this page")
    tags = ParentalManyToManyField(MyTag, blank=True, related_name='blog_pages')
    intro = RichTextField(blank=True, help_text="Intro of this blog page")
    image = models.ForeignKey(
        get_image_model(),
        null=True,
        blank=True,
        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
        related_name='+',
        help_text="Hero image of this blog page"    )
    featured = models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text="Featured blog page")
    content = StreamField([('blog_content', BlogContentBlock())],
                            min_num=1,
                            use_json_field=True)

    # Indicate this is article-style content.
    seo_content_type = SeoType.ARTICLE
    
    # Change the Twitter card style.
    seo_twitter_card = TwitterCard.LARGE
    
    # Provide intro as a fallback of search_description. It the latter is not defined, intro will be used
    seo_description_sources = [
        "search_description",
        "intro",
    ]

    parent_page_types = ['blog.BlogCategoryPage']
    subpage_types = []

    # Add some basic validation and debugging
    def clean(self):
        cleaned_data = super().clean()
        
        # Add validation to ensure tags match page locale
        if self.locale and self.tags.all():
            mismatched_tags = self.tags.exclude(locale=self.locale)
            if mismatched_tags.exists():
                raise forms.ValidationError({
                    'tags': _("All tags must be in the same language as the page. "
                             "Please remove or translate these tags: %s") % 
                             ", ".join(tag.name for tag in mismatched_tags)
                })
        
        return cleaned_data

    base_form_class = BlogPageForm

    content_panels = Page.content_panels + [
        FieldPanel('image'),
        FieldPanel('author'),
        FieldPanel('tags'),
        FieldPanel('featured'),
        FieldPanel('intro'),
        FieldPanel('content')
    ]

    promote_panels = SeoMixin.seo_panels

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = "Blog Page"
        verbose_name_plural = "Blog Pages"

    def get_context(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        context = super().get_context(request, *args, **kwargs)
        
        # Get the current post's category and tags
        current_category = self.category
        current_tags = set(self.tags.values_list('name', flat=True))
        
        # Get all published blog posts except the current one
        all_posts = BlogPage.objects.live().exclude(id=self.id)
        
        # List to hold the related posts with their similarity score
        related_posts = []
        
        # Calculate similarity score for each post
        for post in all_posts:
            post_category = post.category
            post_tags = set(post.tags.values_list('name', flat=True))
            # Intersection calculation for categories and tags. Later semantics will be used
            category_score = 2 if current_category == post_category else 0 # Category gets 2 times more weight
            tag_score = len(current_tags.intersection(post_tags))
            
            # Total similarity score
            total_score = category_score + tag_score
            
            if total_score > 0:
                related_posts.append((post, total_score))
        
        # Sort the related posts by the score in descending order and limit the number (e.g., top 3)
        related_posts = sorted(related_posts, key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)[:3]
        
        # Add the related posts to the context
        context['related_posts'] = [post for post, score in related_posts]
        
        return context

I am looking for insights on why Django is referencing a comment_notifications field that I never defined in my BlogPage model and how to resolve this issue.

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 9 days ago

Resolving the Unknown Field Error in Wagtail CMS

The error you're encountering is related to a field called comment_notifications that Django is looking for in your BlogPage model, but it doesn't exist in your model definition.

Likely Causes

Based on the error message and your code, there are a few potential causes:

SeoMixin Inheritance: Your BlogPage class inherits from SeoMixin, which might be trying to access a field called comment_notifications that it expects to be present.
Panel Configuration: The error occurs during form class generation, suggesting that somewhere in your panel configurations, there might be a reference to this field.
Previous Model Definition: You might have previously defined this field and removed it, but there are still references to it in your codebase or database.

Solutions to Try

1. Check the SeoMixin Implementation

Look at the implementation of SeoMixin to see if it's expecting a comment_notifications field. This could be in the mixin's definition or in its panel configurations.

PYTHON
# Check what's in SeoMixin.seo_panels
print(SeoMixin.seo_panels)

2. Check for Field References in Panel Definitions

Look for any references to comment_notifications in your panel definitions, especially in the promote_panels which you're setting to SeoMixin.seo_panels.

3. Add the Missing Field

If the field is expected by a mixin or package you're using, you might need to add it to your model:

PYTHON
class BlogPage(SeoMixin, Page):
    # Add the missing field
    comment_notifications = models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text="Enable comment notifications")
    
    # Rest of your model definition...

4. Override the Form Class

You could modify your custom form class to handle this field:

PYTHON
class BlogPageForm(WagtailAdminModelForm):
    # Add a dummy field if needed
    comment_notifications = forms.BooleanField(required=False)
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        # Your existing code...

5. Check for Third-Party Packages

If you're using any third-party packages that extend Wagtail's functionality (especially for comments or notifications), check their documentation to see if they require additional fields.

Debugging Steps

Inspect the SeoMixin: Look at the source code of the SeoMixin class to understand what fields it expects.
Check Your settings.py: Make sure there are no configurations related to comments or notifications that might be affecting your models.
Review Previous Migrations: Check if any previous migrations included this field and if it was properly removed.
Run with --verbosity=3: Try running your migrations command with increased verbosity to get more details:
```
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python manage.py makemigrations --verbosity=3
```

The most likely scenario is that the SeoMixin you're using expects a comment_notifications field that isn't present in your model. You'll need to either add this field or modify how you're using the mixin.

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