Django test fails on github-actions, works locally
I am ahving a problem. I am following a tutorial and wrote a wait for db command in my django project to wait until db is available and then run my tests. The command is below:
docker compose run --rm app sh -c "python manage.py wait_for_db && python manage.py test"
When I run this command on my terminal, it executes fine.
However, I have a github action on run this command as soon as my code is pushed, I am getting an error when that heppens, and I am unable to comprehend the log. The yml file for github action is below:
---
name: Checks
on: [push]
jobs:
test-lint:
name: Test and Lint
runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
steps:
- name: Login to Docker Hub
uses: docker/login-action@v3
with:
username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USER }}
password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Test
run: docker compose run --rm app sh -c "python manage.py wait_for_db && python manage.py test"
- name: Lint
run: docker compose run --rm app sh -c "flake8"
Though most of the log part says success, I am unable to identify the error, it is probably only on the last line. The full error message says this:
Run docker compose run --rm app sh -c "python manage.py wait_for_db && python manage.py test"
docker compose run --rm app sh -c "python manage.py wait_for_db && python manage.py test"
shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
time="2025-05-31T10:01:15Z" level=warning msg="/home/runner/work/recipe-app-api/recipe-app-api/docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion"
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Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Error: Process completed with exit code 139.
Please help me, I am new to this and facing issues. I can provide more information if required.
I tried changing the command with a hyphen, like docker-compose and running it again, but it gave an error of unkown command
This segmentation fault is most likely a memory-related issue. It can happen because your local machine has more resources than the GitHub Actions runner. Try setting resource limits in your docker-compose.yml file, like this for github action:
services:
db:
...
deploy:
resources:
limits:
memory: 512M