AttributeError: module 'utilities.rqworker' has no attribute ''

[havokoc]

Current Behavior

Trying to start the docker container version v4.6.1-5.0.1 via kubernetes with the commandpython manage.py rqworker crashes the container with an error message

This was working with no issues in v4.5.5-4.0.2

Expected Behavior

RQWorker should start without spewing out an error message

Docker Compose Version

Openshift

Docker Version

Openshift

The git Revision

none as I'm using the docker.io container

The git Status

none as I'm using the docker.io container

Startup Command

None as I'm using openshift/kubernetes

NetBox Logs

↩ Skip creating the superuser
✅ Initialisation is done.
🧬 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/configuration.py'
🧬 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/extra.py'
🧬 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/logging.py'
🧬 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/plugins.py'
🧬 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/redis_sentinel.py'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/rq/utils.py", line 210, in import_attribute
    attribute_owner = getattr(module, attribute_owner_name)
AttributeError: module 'utilities.rqworker' has no attribute ''

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 437, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 420, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 464, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/opt/netbox/netbox/core/management/commands/rqworker.py", line 38, in handle
    super().handle(*args, **options)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/django_rq/management/commands/rqworker.py", line 100, in handle
    w = get_worker(*args, **worker_kwargs)
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/django_rq/workers.py", line 56, in get_worker
    worker_class = get_worker_class(worker_class)
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/django_rq/workers.py", line 38, in get_worker_class                                                                                                                                                           worker_class = import_attribute(worker_class)
  File "/opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/rq/utils.py", line 212, in import_attribute
    raise ValueError(f'Invalid attribute name: {attribute_name}')
ValueError: Invalid attribute name: NetBoxRQWorker

Content of docker-compose.override.yml

None as I'm using openshift/kubernetes

[havokoc]

I have also tried running it with /opt/netbox/venv/bin/python /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py rqworker high default low with the same results as above

[tobiasge]

I'm running the same version in OpenShift without problems. A quick test with a fresh install on Docker didn't show the error.
Did you install any plugins in the image? Perhaps an incompatible version of django-rq got pulled in that way. Or you might have a plugin that is not compatible with Netbox 4.6

[havokoc]

We had a janky deployment and we had been looking at the wrong angle and got blinded by it, this is a non-issue.

We've had to do some custom modifications to settings.py and had copied a newer version instead of the 4.6.1 release version. After modifying the correct settings.py version in the upstream 4.6.1 version it worked successfully. My bad 😅