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
32887	v3.2.4 regression - Invalid path type: PurePosixPath	Damien Allen	nobody	"After upgrading from v3.2.3 to v3.2.4 the runserver command is now raising a TypeError and exiting. After reviewing the v3.2.4 release notes, I suspect that this is related to changes to template directory traversal since `get_template_directories()` is in the traceback:


{{{
Performing system checks...

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""manage.py"", line 33, in <module>
    main()
  File ""manage.py"", line 29, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 419, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 413, in execute
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 354, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py"", line 61, in execute
    super().execute(*args, **options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 398, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/channels/management/commands/runserver.py"", line 65, in handle
    super().handle(*args, **options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py"", line 96, in handle
    self.run(**options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py"", line 103, in run
    autoreload.run_with_reloader(self.inner_run, **options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py"", line 638, in run_with_reloader
    start_django(reloader, main_func, *args, **kwargs)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py"", line 623, in start_django
    reloader.run(django_main_thread)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py"", line 328, in run
    autoreload_started.send(sender=self)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py"", line 180, in send
    return [
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py"", line 181, in <listcomp>
    (receiver, receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, **named))
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/autoreload.py"", line 44, in watch_for_template_changes
    for directory in get_template_directories():
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/autoreload.py"", line 21, in get_template_directories
    items.update(Path.cwd() / to_path(dir) for dir in backend.engine.dirs)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/autoreload.py"", line 21, in <genexpr>
    items.update(Path.cwd() / to_path(dir) for dir in backend.engine.dirs)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/utils/_os.py"", line 58, in to_path
    raise TypeError('Invalid path type: %s' % type(value).__name__)
TypeError: Invalid path type: PurePosixPath
}}}


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Our Django is being run in a docker container (base image `python:3.8.6-slim-buster`) with WSL2 which could be related to funky path issues.

Reverting to v3.2.3 resolves the issue."	Bug	closed	Utilities	3.2	Normal	invalid			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0