Merge pull request #34753 from eileencodes/raise-less-confusing-error-if-handler-doesnt-exist

Raise helpful error when role doesn't exist

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/connection_adapters/connection_handlers_multi_db_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/connection_adapters/connection_handlers_multi_db_test.rb
index 79c2c4d827..0b3fb82e12 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/connection_adapters/connection_handlers_multi_db_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/connection_adapters/connection_handlers_multi_db_test.rb
@@ -328,6 +328,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
       ensure
         ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handlers = original_handlers
       end
+
+      def test_calling_connected_to_on_a_non_existent_handler_raises
+        error = assert_raises ArgumentError do
+          ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(role: :reading) do
+            yield
+          end
+        end
+
+        assert_equal "The reading role does not exist. Add it by establishing a connection with `connects_to` or use an existing role (writing).", error.message
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/query_cache_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/query_cache_test.rb
index 2a7a5e736e..74d63c9995 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/query_cache_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/query_cache_test.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class QueryCacheTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_query_cache_is_applied_to_connections_in_all_handlers
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handlers = {
+      writing: ActiveRecord::Base.default_connection_handler,
+      reading: ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionHandler.new
+    }
+
     ActiveRecord::Base.connected_to(role: :reading) do
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(ActiveRecord::Base.configurations["arunit"])
     end