Load test schema even if there are no migrations

Fixes #17170

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb
index d0d9304a36..230659b97c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
 
       def load_schema_if_pending!
-        if ActiveRecord::Migrator.needs_migration?
+        if ActiveRecord::Migrator.needs_migration? || !ActiveRecord::Migrator.any_migrations?
           ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.load_schema_current
           check_pending!
         end
@@ -848,6 +848,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
         (migrations(migrations_paths).collect(&:version) - get_all_versions(connection)).size > 0
       end
 
+      def any_migrations?
+        migrations(migrations_paths).any?
+      end
+
       def last_version
         last_migration.version
       end