Upgrade Rails from 7.0.5 to 8.0.5

[Copilot]

Upgrades the app to Rails 8.0.5 from 7.0.5, addressing all breaking changes and deprecated APIs.

Gem updates

• rails 7.0.5 → 8.0.5
• rspec-rails ~3.5 → ~7.0
• active_model_serializers ~0.10.0 → ~0.10.14 (drops < 7.1 upper bound)
• exception_notification switched from mcfiredrill fork to official gem 5.0 (supports Rails 7.1–9)
• kt-paperclip ~6.4 → ~7.0
• Removed spring, headless, selenium-webdriver < 3.0 pin

Rails 8 breaking changes

• Enum syntax — all 13 declarations migrated from removed hash syntax to positional args:

  # before
  enum status: [:active, :archived]
  # after
  enum :status, [:active, :archived]

• Rails.application.secrets — replaced 5 usages across 4 files with direct ENV[] access (secrets.yml was already reading from ENV in production anyway)
• cache_classes → enable_reloading (inverted) in all environment configs
• show_exceptions = false → show_exceptions = :none
• Devise::TestHelpers → Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers
• fixture_path → fixture_paths
• alias_attribute for non-DB attributes — Rails 8 now validates that alias_attribute targets are real DB columns. Replaced with alias_method for ActiveStorage attachment aliases (as_image) in User, ScheduledShow, and ShowSeries models.

Config modernization

• Boot files use require_relative / __dir__ instead of File.expand_path(__FILE__)
• Explicitly set config.active_record.belongs_to_required_by_default = false to preserve original behavior (the app was built without config.load_defaults, so belongs_to associations were never required by default)
• Added config.active_support.to_time_preserves_timezone = :zone to silence deprecation

Deployment notes

• config/secrets.yml is no longer referenced in code; LIQ_SECRET and STEREO_TOOL_KEY must be in ENV
• exception_notification fork's only delta was a Discord Content-Type header for the Slack notifier — verify Discord error webhooks still work after deploy

[mcfiredrill]

@copilot fix the failing tests

[Copilot]

@copilot fix the failing tests

The CI failure was caused by config.load_defaults 7.0 which I added — this activated belongs_to_required_by_default = true, but the original app never had this enabled. This broke Radio.find_or_create_by! in db:seed because default_playlist is created via an after_create callback and can't exist at creation time.

Fixed in e1a8e89 by removing config.load_defaults 7.0 and instead explicitly setting config.active_record.belongs_to_required_by_default = false to preserve the original behavior.

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• postgres
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/ruby3.2 ruby3.2 /home/REDACTED/work/streampusher-api/streampusher-api/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/bin/rspec --no-color spec/models/user_spec.rb /opt/local/include -I /sw/include -I /home/REDACTED/work/streampusher-api/streampusher-api/vendor/taglib/include --gdwarf-5 --64 -o -I lib/include -I /usr/bin/x86_64--I -I /usr/include/rub-I -I api/vendor/tagli-I (dns block)
• s3.amazonaws.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/ruby3.2 /usr/bin/ruby3.2 -I/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby extconf.rb --gdwarf-5 --64 -o raindrops.o /tmp/ccizFOky.s -I y-3.2.0 -I as -I by-3.2.0 -I ndor/bin/as -I y-3.2.0 -I as (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

[mcfiredrill]

tests are still failing @copilot

ArgumentError: User model aliases as_image, but as_image is not an attribute. Use alias_method :avatar, :as_image or define the method manually. (ArgumentError)

      raise ArgumentError, "#{self.name} model aliases `#{old_name}`, but `#{old_name}` is not an attribute. " \
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

/home/runner/work/streampusher-api/streampusher-api/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/activerecord-8.0.5/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb:91:in `alias_attribute_method_definition'

[Copilot]

tests are still failing @copilot

ArgumentError: User model aliases as_image, but as_image is not an attribute. Use alias_method :avatar, :as_image or define the method manually. (ArgumentErr...

Fixed in 5e8f51e. Rails 8's alias_attribute now validates that the target is a real DB column/attribute. Since as_image is defined by has_one_attached (not a DB column), replaced all alias_attribute calls with alias_method in User, ScheduledShow, and ShowSeries. Also moved the alias in ShowSeries to after the has_one_attached declaration so the method exists at alias time.

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• postgres
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/ruby3.2 ruby3.2 /home/REDACTED/work/streampusher-api/streampusher-api/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/bin/rspec spec/models/user_spec.rb -pie -I b/include -I by-3.2.0 rame-pointer kward r-strong b/include -fr ecurity false as unicorn_http.o y-3.2.0/ruby/bacDESTDIR= mkmf.log api/vendor/taglisitelibdir=./.gem.20260419-6410-1bqvuz (dns block)
• s3.amazonaws.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/ruby3.2 /usr/bin/ruby3.2 -I/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby extconf.rb --gdwarf-5 --64 -o ossl_ns_spki.o /tmp/cca9CWwO.s -I y-3.2.0 -I as -I by-3.2.0 -I kward -I y-3.2.0 -I -gcc (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)