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 29469 "Misleading makemigrations ""App count not be found"" error message with nested apps" Matthew Schinckel oliver "I have a couple of nested apps, or apps that are not available directly in the top-level namespace. When you use makemigrations, and pass the full dotted path to this command, the error message is somewhat misleading: {{{ App 'integrations.systems.generic.importers' could not be found. Is it in INSTALLED_APPS? }}} In this case, I have that exact string in my INSTALLED_APPS, but makemigrations is expecting just the app_label. Perhaps we could improve the error message when dots are detected in the app_label, suggesting how to fix it: or even look at just the last part of the path?" Bug closed Migrations 2.0 Normal fixed Accepted 1 0 1 0 0 0