Fixed #3711, #6734, #12581 -- Bounded connection.queries.

Prevented unlimited memory consumption when running background tasks
with DEBUG=True.

Thanks Rob, Alex, Baptiste, and others.

django/db/__init__.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ connection = DefaultConnectionProxy()
 # Register an event to reset saved queries when a Django request is started.
 def reset_queries(**kwargs):
     for conn in connections.all():
-        conn.queries = []
+        conn.queries_log.clear()
 signals.request_started.connect(reset_queries)
 
 

django/db/backends/__init__.py

+from collections import deque
 import datetime
 import time
 import warnings
@@ -30,17 +31,21 @@ class BaseDatabaseWrapper(object):
     ops = None
     vendor = 'unknown'
 
+    queries_limit = 9000
+
     def __init__(self, settings_dict, alias=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS,
                  allow_thread_sharing=False):
         # Connection related attributes.
+        # The underlying database connection.
         self.connection = None
-        self.queries = []
         # `settings_dict` should be a dictionary containing keys such as
         # NAME, USER, etc. It's called `settings_dict` instead of `settings`
         # to disambiguate it from Django settings modules.
         self.settings_dict = settings_dict
         self.alias = alias
+        # Query logging in debug mode.
         self.use_debug_cursor = None
+        self.queries_log = deque(maxlen=self.queries_limit)
 
         # Transaction related attributes.
         # Tracks if the connection is in autocommit mode. Per PEP 249, by
@@ -79,6 +84,14 @@ class BaseDatabaseWrapper(object):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.alias)
 
+    @property
+    def queries(self):
+        if len(self.queries_log) == self.queries_log.maxlen:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Limit for query logging exceeded, only the last {} queries "
+                "will be returned.".format(self.queries_log.maxlen))
+        return list(self.queries_log)
+
     ##### Backend-specific methods for creating connections and cursors #####
 
     def get_connection_params(self):
@@ -429,7 +442,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseWrapper(object):
 
     def make_debug_cursor(self, cursor):
         """
-        Creates a cursor that logs all queries in self.queries.
+        Creates a cursor that logs all queries in self.queries_log.
         """
         return utils.CursorDebugWrapper(cursor, self)
 

django/db/backends/utils.py

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class CursorDebugWrapper(CursorWrapper):
             stop = time()
             duration = stop - start
             sql = self.db.ops.last_executed_query(self.cursor, sql, params)
-            self.db.queries.append({
+            self.db.queries_log.append({
                 'sql': sql,
                 'time': "%.3f" % duration,
             })
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class CursorDebugWrapper(CursorWrapper):
                 times = len(param_list)
             except TypeError:           # param_list could be an iterator
                 times = '?'
-            self.db.queries.append({
+            self.db.queries_log.append({
                 'sql': '%s times: %s' % (times, sql),
                 'time': "%.3f" % duration,
             })

django/test/utils.py

@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class CaptureQueriesContext(object):
     def __enter__(self):
         self.use_debug_cursor = self.connection.use_debug_cursor
         self.connection.use_debug_cursor = True
-        self.initial_queries = len(self.connection.queries)
+        self.initial_queries = len(self.connection.queries_log)
         self.final_queries = None
         request_started.disconnect(reset_queries)
         return self
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ class CaptureQueriesContext(object):
         request_started.connect(reset_queries)
         if exc_type is not None:
             return
-        self.final_queries = len(self.connection.queries)
+        self.final_queries = len(self.connection.queries_log)
 
 
 class IgnoreDeprecationWarningsMixin(object):

docs/faq/models.txt

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ same interface on each member of the ``connections`` dictionary::
     >>> from django.db import connections
     >>> connections['my_db_alias'].queries
 
+If you need to clear the query list manually at any point in your functions,
+just call ``reset_queries()``, like this::
+
+    from django.db import reset_queries
+    reset_queries()
+
 Can I use Django with a pre-existing database?
 ----------------------------------------------
 
@@ -76,22 +82,3 @@ type, create an initial data file and put something like this in it::
 As explained in the :ref:`SQL initial data file <initial-sql>` documentation,
 this SQL file can contain arbitrary SQL, so you can make any sorts of changes
 you need to make.
-
-Why is Django leaking memory?
------------------------------
-
-Django isn't known to leak memory. If you find your Django processes are
-allocating more and more memory, with no sign of releasing it, check to make
-sure your :setting:`DEBUG` setting is set to ``False``. If :setting:`DEBUG`
-is ``True``, then Django saves a copy of every SQL statement it has executed.
-
-(The queries are saved in ``django.db.connection.queries``. See
-:ref:`faq-see-raw-sql-queries`.)
-
-To fix the problem, set :setting:`DEBUG` to ``False``.
-
-If you need to clear the query list manually at any point in your functions,
-just call ``reset_queries()``, like this::
-
-    from django import db
-    db.reset_queries()

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ Management Commands
 Models
 ^^^^^^
 
-* ...
+* Django now logs at most 9000 queries in ``connections.queries``, in order
+  to prevent excessive memory usage in long-running processes in debug mode.
 
 Signals
 ^^^^^^^
@@ -263,6 +264,8 @@ Now, an error will be raised to prevent data loss::
 Miscellaneous
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* ``connections.queries`` is now a read-only attribute.
+
 * ``URLField.to_python`` no longer adds a trailing slash to pathless URLs.
 
 * ``django.contrib.gis`` dropped support for GEOS 3.1 and GDAL 1.6.

tests/backends/tests.py

@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 import re
 import threading
 import unittest
+import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.color import no_style
 from django.db import (connection, connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS,
-    DatabaseError, IntegrityError, transaction)
+    DatabaseError, IntegrityError, reset_queries, transaction)
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseWrapper
 from django.db.backends.signals import connection_created
 from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2 import version as pg_version
 from django.db.backends.utils import format_number, CursorWrapper
@@ -630,7 +632,7 @@ class BackendTestCase(TestCase):
         # to use ProgrammingError).
         with self.assertRaises(connection.features.closed_cursor_error_class):
             # cursor should be closed, so no queries should be possible.
-            cursor.execute("select 1")
+            cursor.execute("SELECT 1" + connection.features.bare_select_suffix)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(connection.vendor == 'postgresql',
                          "Psycopg2 specific cursor.closed attribute needed")
@@ -666,6 +668,62 @@ class BackendTestCase(TestCase):
             except Exception:
                 pass
 
+    @override_settings(DEBUG=True)
+    def test_queries(self):
+        """
+        Test the documented API of connection.queries.
+        """
+        reset_queries()
+
+        with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute("SELECT 1" + connection.features.bare_select_suffix)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(connection.queries))
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(connection.queries, list)
+        self.assertIsInstance(connection.queries[0], dict)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(connection.queries[0].keys(), ['sql', 'time'])
+
+        reset_queries()
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(connection.queries))
+
+
+    # Unfortunately with sqlite3 the in-memory test database cannot be closed.
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('test_db_allows_multiple_connections')
+    @override_settings(DEBUG=True)
+    def test_queries_limit(self):
+        """
+        Test that the backend doesn't store an unlimited number of queries.
+
+        Regression for #12581.
+        """
+        old_queries_limit = BaseDatabaseWrapper.queries_limit
+        BaseDatabaseWrapper.queries_limit = 3
+        new_connections = ConnectionHandler(settings.DATABASES)
+        new_connection = new_connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS]
+
+        try:
+            with new_connection.cursor() as cursor:
+                cursor.execute("SELECT 1" + new_connection.features.bare_select_suffix)
+                cursor.execute("SELECT 2" + new_connection.features.bare_select_suffix)
+
+            with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+                self.assertEqual(2, len(new_connection.queries))
+                self.assertEqual(0, len(w))
+
+            with new_connection.cursor() as cursor:
+                cursor.execute("SELECT 3" + new_connection.features.bare_select_suffix)
+                cursor.execute("SELECT 4" + new_connection.features.bare_select_suffix)
+
+            with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+                self.assertEqual(3, len(new_connection.queries))
+                self.assertEqual(1, len(w))
+                self.assertEqual(str(w[0].message), "Limit for query logging "
+                    "exceeded, only the last 3 queries will be returned.")
+
+        finally:
+            BaseDatabaseWrapper.queries_limit = old_queries_limit
+            new_connection.close()
+
 
 # We don't make these tests conditional because that means we would need to
 # check and differentiate between:

tests/bulk_create/tests.py

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class BulkCreateTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_large_batch(self):
         with override_settings(DEBUG=True):
-            connection.queries = []
+            connection.queries_log.clear()
             TwoFields.objects.bulk_create([
                 TwoFields(f1=i, f2=i + 1) for i in range(0, 1001)
             ])
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class BulkCreateTests(TestCase):
     @skipUnlessDBFeature('has_bulk_insert')
     def test_large_batch_efficiency(self):
         with override_settings(DEBUG=True):
-            connection.queries = []
+            connection.queries_log.clear()
             TwoFields.objects.bulk_create([
                 TwoFields(f1=i, f2=i + 1) for i in range(0, 1001)
             ])
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class BulkCreateTests(TestCase):
         mixed together with objects without PK set.
         """
         with override_settings(DEBUG=True):
-            connection.queries = []
+            connection.queries_log.clear()
             TwoFields.objects.bulk_create([
                 TwoFields(id=i if i % 2 == 0 else None, f1=i, f2=i + 1)
                 for i in range(100000, 101000)])
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class BulkCreateTests(TestCase):
         mixed together with objects without PK set.
         """
         with override_settings(DEBUG=True):
-            connection.queries = []
+            connection.queries_log.clear()
             TwoFields.objects.bulk_create([
                 TwoFields(id=i if i % 2 == 0 else None, f1=i, f2=i + 1)
                 for i in range(100000, 101000)])