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 28615 makemigrations doesn't generate any output for a model with CharField blank=False Mikalai Radchuk nobody "It looks `makemigrations` is unable to generate migrations for a model that contains `CharField` with `blank=False` or with default value (which is `blank=False`). I did manage to replicate it on Django 1.9, 1.10, 1.10.8, 1.11, 1.11.4, 1.11.5. Python: 3.5.2, 3.6.1 The issue can be reproduced using the following steps: 1. Create an app with `models.py` like this one: {{{ from django.db import models class ExternalResourcePage(models.Model): # authors = models.CharField(max_length=256) publication_date = models.DateField() show_on_website = models.BooleanField(default=True) }}} 2. Run the `makemigrations` command. It will generate an initial migration file. 3. Uncomment the `authors` field. 4. Run the `makemigrations` command again. It will not generate a new migration file and will not give you any output. Exit code is `0`. `makemigrations` works fine with `authors = models.CharField(max_length=256, blank=True)` Expected result: `makemigrations` creates a migration file or fails with a traceback in case of any exceptions. " Bug closed Database layer (models, ORM) 1.11 Normal invalid Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0