Bug: Django crashes on startup due to Strawberry GraphQL import mismatch (`strawberry.django.auto`)

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Description

Django fails during system checks when loading the GraphQL schema due to an incompatible import in strawberry-graphql-django.

This causes a full startup crash before the server can boot.

Error

ImportError: cannot import name 'auto' from 'strawberry.django'
(/opt/venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/strawberry/django/__init__.py)

Trace originates from:

• config/urls.py
• apps/api/urls.py
• apps/api/graphql_urls.py
• apps/api/schema.py

Root Cause

The codebase uses an outdated import:

from strawberry.django import auto

In newer versions of strawberry-graphql-django (>= 0.86):

• auto is exported from strawberry, not strawberry.django
• Django integration now uses strawberry_django.type and strawberry_django.field

Full Schema File (Current Implementation)

The failing schema is:

"""GraphQL schema."""
from typing import Optional

import strawberry
import strawberry_django
from strawberry import auto

from apps.users.models import User


@strawberry_django.type(User)
class UserType:
    id: auto
    email: auto
    first_name: auto
    last_name: auto
    is_active: auto


@strawberry.type
class Query:
    users: list[UserType] = strawberry_django.field()

    @strawberry_django.field
    def user(self, id: int) -> Optional[UserType]:
        return User.objects.filter(pk=id).first()


@strawberry.type
class Mutation:
    @strawberry.mutation
    def update_user_name(self, id: int, first_name: str, last_name: str) -> UserType:
        user = User.objects.get(pk=id)
        user.first_name = first_name
        user.last_name = last_name
        user.save()
        return user


schema = strawberry.Schema(query=Query, mutation=Mutation)

Steps to Reproduce

docker compose up

or:

python manage.py runserver

Django crashes during URL resolution.

Expected Behavior

GraphQL schema loads successfully and endpoint is available at:

/api/graphql/

Actual Behavior

Application crashes during startup with import error.

Suggested Fix

1. Fix import

Replace:

from strawberry.django import auto

With:

from strawberry import auto
import strawberry_django

2. Keep schema structure but align with modern API

Ensure:

• strawberry_django.type
• strawberry_django.field

Impact

• Blocks all Django startup
• Breaks GraphQL endpoint entirely
• Prevents docker-compose stack from booting