[1.11.x] Fixed #29016 -- Fixed incorrect foreign key nullification on…

… related instance deletion.

Backport of 9a621ed from master

django/db/models/deletion.py

@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ def delete(self):
 
             # update fields
             for model, instances_for_fieldvalues in six.iteritems(self.field_updates):
-                query = sql.UpdateQuery(model)
                 for (field, value), instances in six.iteritems(instances_for_fieldvalues):
+                    query = sql.UpdateQuery(model)
                     query.update_batch([obj.pk for obj in instances],
                                        {field.name: value}, self.using)
 

docs/releases/1.11.10.txt

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ Django 1.11.10 fixes several bugs in 1.11.9.
 Bugfixes
 ========
 
-* ...
+* Fixed incorrect foreign key nullification if a model has two foreign keys to
+  the same model and a target model is deleted (:ticket:`29016`).

tests/delete_regress/models.py

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class Email(Contact):
 
 class Researcher(models.Model):
     contacts = models.ManyToManyField(Contact, related_name="research_contacts")
+    primary_contact = models.ForeignKey(Contact, models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name='primary_contacts')
+    secondary_contact = models.ForeignKey(Contact, models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name='secondary_contacts')
 
 
 class Food(models.Model):

tests/delete_regress/tests.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django.test import TestCase, TransactionTestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature
 
 from .models import (
-    Award, AwardNote, Book, Child, Eaten, Email, File, Food, FooFile,
+    Award, AwardNote, Book, Child, Contact, Eaten, Email, File, Food, FooFile,
     FooFileProxy, FooImage, FooPhoto, House, Image, Item, Location, Login,
     OrderedPerson, OrgUnit, Person, Photo, PlayedWith, PlayedWithNote, Policy,
     Researcher, Toy, Version,
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def test_ticket_19102_defer(self):
         self.assertTrue(Login.objects.filter(pk=self.l2.pk).exists())
 
 
-class OrderedDeleteTests(TestCase):
+class DeleteTests(TestCase):
     def test_meta_ordered_delete(self):
         # When a subquery is performed by deletion code, the subquery must be
         # cleared of all ordering. There was a but that caused _meta ordering
@@ -345,3 +345,27 @@ def test_meta_ordered_delete(self):
         OrderedPerson.objects.create(name='Bob', lives_in=h)
         OrderedPerson.objects.filter(lives_in__address='Foo').delete()
         self.assertEqual(OrderedPerson.objects.count(), 0)
+
+    def test_foreign_key_delete_nullifies_correct_columns(self):
+        """
+        With a model (Researcher) that has two foreign keys pointing to the
+        same model (Contact), deleting an instance of the target model
+        (contact1) nullifies the correct fields of Researcher.
+        """
+        contact1 = Contact.objects.create(label='Contact 1')
+        contact2 = Contact.objects.create(label='Contact 2')
+        researcher1 = Researcher.objects.create(
+            primary_contact=contact1,
+            secondary_contact=contact2,
+        )
+        researcher2 = Researcher.objects.create(
+            primary_contact=contact2,
+            secondary_contact=contact1,
+        )
+        contact1.delete()
+        researcher1.refresh_from_db()
+        researcher2.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertIsNone(researcher1.primary_contact)
+        self.assertEqual(researcher1.secondary_contact, contact2)
+        self.assertEqual(researcher2.primary_contact, contact2)
+        self.assertIsNone(researcher2.secondary_contact)