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sqlalchemy.orm.exc.DetachedInstanceError: Instance <User at 0x...> is not bound to a Session; attribute refresh operation cannot proceed

ID: python/flask-sqlalchemy-detachedinstanceerror

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80%Fix Rate
87%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-06-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
2.x active — — —
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

Accessing an attribute of an ORM object after the session that loaded it has been closed or committed.

generic

中文

在加载 ORM 对象的会话关闭或提交后访问该对象的属性。

Workarounds

  1. 90% success
    user = session.query(User).options(joinedload(User.posts)).first()
    # use user.posts before session.close()
  2. 85% success
    Use `db.session` within the request context; avoid manual session.close().

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 60% fail

    This only prevents expiration on commit, not detachment after session close.

  2. 80% fail

    The session is already closed, so refresh fails.