id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 10868 _destroy_test_db exposes the production database to possibly destructive actions from the unit tests ovidiu nobody "Latest SVN trunk, file django.db.backends.creation.py {{{ 414 cursor = self.connection.cursor() 415 self.set_autocommit() 416 time.sleep(1) # To avoid ""database is being accessed by other users"" errors. 417 cursor.execute(""DROP DATABASE %s"" % self.connection.ops.quote_name(test_database_name)) 418 self.connection.close() }}} At line 414 django is connected to the production database (the rationale for this is explained in the comment above this code fragment). The connection is closed one second later. If the unit tests involve threads which for some reason become active before the connection is closed then those threads can potentially mess up the production database." Bug closed Testing framework Release blocker fixed django.test Adrian Holovaty anssi.kaariainen@… Ready for checkin 1 0 0 0 0 0