This might help debug. Might not.

menus/menu_pool.py

@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ def _build_nodes(self):
             # Only use the cache if the key is present in the database.
             # This prevents a condition where keys which have been removed
             # from the database due to a change in content, are still used.
+            print("CACHED_NODES")
+            print(cached_nodes)
             return cached_nodes
 
         final_nodes = []
@@ -164,6 +166,8 @@ def _build_nodes(self):
             menu = self.get_menu(menu_class_name)
 
             try:
+                print("GETNODES")
+                print(nodes)
                 nodes = menu.get_nodes(self.request)
             except NoReverseMatch:
                 # Apps might raise NoReverseMatch if an apphook does not yet

menus/templatetags/menu_tags.py

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ class ShowMenu(InclusionTag):
 
     def get_context(self, context, from_level, to_level, extra_inactive,
                     extra_active, template, namespace, root_id, next_page):
+        print("HELLO I AM IN SHOW_MENU")
         try:
             # If there's an exception (500), default context_processors may not be called.
             request = context['request']

tox.ini

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ commands =
     fe-{int1,int2,int3}-!only_docs: gulp tests:integration
 
     !fe-!only_docs-dj111: pip install -rtest_requirements/django-1.11.txt
-    !fe-!only_docs: coverage run manage.py test -v2
-    !fe-test_docs: coverage run manage.py test -v2
+    !fe-!only_docs: coverage run manage.py test -v2 --failfast
+    !fe-test_docs: coverage run manage.py test -v2 --failfast
 
     coveralls
 deps=