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20700	Tests does not report missing fixtures	Vlastimil Zíma	nobody	"If a test contains fixtures, which do not exists, it does not report it as as failure. This is serious problem as fixtures are part of the test and their absence may cause false-positive success.

Consider this example:
{{{
#!python
from django.test import TestCase

class TestFoo(TestCase):
    fixtures = ('/invalid/filename', ) # Assume the fixture should load FooModel(pk=1)

    def test_foo_delete(self):
        delete_if_foo_exists(pk=1)
        self.assertFalse(FooModel.objects.filter(pk=1).exists())
}}}
Such a test would pass even if the `delete_if_foo_exists` does nothing.

This test is a very simple example, but ignoring the fact that fixtures are not loaded, can easily hide less obvious and more severe errors. Mere typo in fixture name can very well lead to a serious error."	Bug	closed	Testing framework	dev	Normal	duplicate			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0