Upgrade of Netbox from 4.5.6 to 4.5.7

[techoh1352]

Didn't really know where to place this discussion if this is a bug or if this has been seen by others during the upgrade process from 4.5.6 to 4.5.7.

OS: Ubuntu Server: 24.04.1
Python: 3.12

I did fresh install of 4.5.6 and found the bug that 4.5.7 fixes when looking at devices where it gives you the web page error. However after following the posted instructions using Option A of the upgrade, I can't get past this error below and the system never completes the upgrade process.

This leaves the netbox-rq service in 4.5.7 in a state where it will start and then crashes out right away. I have moved the symlink back to the 4.5.6 version and confirmed this is a upgrade issue as the system runs after moving the link back and stays running however the bug in 4.5.6 is still there.

Is there a work around or does this need to be reported as a upgrade bug report.

File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/netbox/core/views.py", line 17, in
from django_rq.settings import get_queues_list, get_queues_map
ImportError: cannot import name 'get_queues_list' from 'django_rq.settings' (/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django_rq/settings.py)

[pheus]

It looks like the upgrade script may not have been run. If it had been, the django-rq dependency should have been upgraded to 4.0.1, which has been required since NetBox v4.5.7.

Could you check whether the upgrade script completed successfully and, if needed, run it again?

Hope that helps!

[techoh1352]

upgrade script was executed as per the documentation link below. I have pasted the full output right before it goes south and never completes the upgrade as I never get the message sucessful upgrade and please do a restart of the netbox and netbox-rq services.

[https://netboxlabs.com/docs/netbox/installation/upgrading/]

Successfully installed Django-5.2.12 Jinja2-3.1.6 Markdown-3.10.2 MarkupSafe-3.0.3 Pillow-12.1.1 PyJWT-2.12.1 PyYAML-6.0.3 asgiref-3.11.1 attrs-26.1.0 babel-2.18.0 backrefs-6.2 certifi-2026.2.25 cffi-2.0.0 charset_normalizer-3.4.7 click-8.3.2 colorama-0.4.6 croniter-6.2.2 cross-web-0.4.1 cryptography-46.0.7 defusedxml-0.7.1 django-cors-headers-4.9.0 django-debug-toolbar-6.2.0 django-filter-25.2 django-graphiql-debug-toolbar-0.2.0 django-htmx-1.27.0 django-js-asset-3.1.2 django-mptt-0.18.0 django-pglocks-1.0.4 django-prometheus-2.4.1 django-redis-6.0.0 django-rich-2.2.0 django-rq-3.2.2 django-storages-1.14.6 django-tables2-2.8.0 django-taggit-6.1.0 django-timezone-field-7.2.1 djangorestframework-3.16.1 drf-spectacular-0.29.0 drf-spectacular-sidecar-2026.3.1 feedparser-6.0.12 ghp-import-2.1.0 graphene-3.4.3 graphene-django-3.2.3 graphql-core-3.2.8 graphql-relay-3.2.0 griffelib-2.0.2 gunicorn-25.3.0 idna-3.11 inflection-0.5.1 jsonschema-4.26.0 jsonschema-specifications-2025.9.1 markdown-it-py-4.0.0 mdurl-0.1.2 mergedeep-1.3.4 mkdocs-1.6.1 mkdocs-autorefs-1.4.4 mkdocs-get-deps-0.2.2 mkdocs-material-9.7.6 mkdocs-material-extensions-1.3.1 mkdocstrings-1.0.3 mkdocstrings-python-2.0.3 netaddr-1.3.0 nh3-0.3.4 oauthlib-3.3.1 paginate-0.5.7 pathspec-1.0.4 platformdirs-4.9.4 prometheus-client-0.24.1 promise-2.3 psycopg-3.3.3 psycopg-c-3.3.3 psycopg-pool-3.3.0 pycparser-3.0 pygments-2.20.0 pymdown-extensions-10.21.2 python-dateutil-2.9.0.post0 python3-openid-3.2.0 pyyaml-env-tag-1.1 redis-7.4.0 referencing-0.37.0 requests-2.33.1 requests-oauthlib-2.0.0 rich-14.3.3 rpds-py-0.30.0 rq-2.7.0 sgmllib3k-1.0.0 six-1.17.0 social-auth-app-django-5.7.0 social-auth-core-4.8.5 sorl-thumbnail-13.0.0 sqlparse-0.5.5 strawberry-graphql-0.312.2 strawberry-graphql-django-0.82.1 svgwrite-1.4.3 tablib-3.9.0 text-unidecode-1.3 typing-extensions-4.15.0 tzdata-2025.3 uritemplate-4.2.0 urllib3-2.6.3 watchdog-6.0.0
Skipping local dependencies (local_requirements.txt is empty)
Applying database migrations (python3 netbox/manage.py migrate)...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/netbox/manage.py", line 10, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 436, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 420, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 461, in execute
self.check(**check_kwargs)
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 496, in check
all_issues = checks.run_checks(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 89, in run_checks
new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 44, in check_url_namespaces_unique
all_namespaces = _load_all_namespaces(resolver)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 63, in _load_all_namespaces
url_patterns = getattr(resolver, "url_patterns", [])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 47, in get
res = instance.dict[self.name] = self.func(instance)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 718, in url_patterns
patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 47, in get
res = instance.dict[self.name] = self.func(instance)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 711, in urlconf_module
return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/init.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 995, in exec_module
File "", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/netbox/netbox/urls.py", line 27, in
path('core/', include('core.urls')),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/urls/conf.py", line 39, in include
urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/init.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 995, in exec_module
File "", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/netbox/core/urls.py", line 5, in
from . import views
File "/opt/netbox-4.5.7/netbox/core/views.py", line 17, in
from django_rq.settings import get_queues_list, get_queues_map
ImportError: cannot import name 'get_queues_list' from 'django_rq.settings' (/opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django_rq/settings.py)
root@NET-NETBOX-VD02:/opt/netbox# cd /opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django_rq/settings.py
-bash: cd: /opt/netbox-4.5.7/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django_rq/settings.py: Not a directory
root@NET-NETBOX-VD02:/opt/netbox# cd /opt/netbox-4.5.6/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django_rq/settings.py
-bash: cd: /opt/netbox-4.5.6/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django_rq/settings.py: Not a directory

[jeremystretch]

django-rq-3.2.2

[techoh1352]

with the cut and paste of the version number. I'm assuming your saying I need to upgrade to django-rq-3.2.2 before applying the upgrade of 4.5.7?

[techoh1352]

Just to show, I do have the upgraded django-rq on the system without needing to upgrade.

pip3 show django-rq
Name: django-rq
Version: 3.2.2