Issue with Odoo 19.0: tests not running for auto-installable modules

[ivantodorovich]

Apparently in Odoo 19.0, and differently than previous versions, modules are not re-installed when running the command line with odoo -i <module-name>.

So, using this command to test an already installed module will simply silently fail to execute tests.

This is what happens with auto-installable modules.

Since we're first preparing a db with all the dependencies, the auto-installable module will get automatically installed at this step.

Later, when we actually run tests, the module is already installed.. and so Odoo will not re-install it nor execute its unit tests.

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Here's a PR where this was detected:

• https://github.com/OCA/stock-logistics-workflow/actions/runs/21147668056/job/60816851729?pr=2225
• The module was installed in the "Initialize test db" step
• The module's tests were not executed ❌

[sbidoul]

I noticed that recently too. We'll need to fix that. No time to look until February though.

[ivantodorovich]

I might be able to tackle this.

I see they added a new --skip-auto-install option (odoo/odoo@0ad94f8)

I believe we can use it during the "Initialize test db" step, and that would delay our module installation to the correct step.
WDYT?

[ivantodorovich]

Fix proposal here:

• [FIX] Run tests for modules with auto_install=True (Odoo >= 19.0) #116