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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
index 252ff7e7ea..f4eceeed8c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
@loaded = true
end
+ # The target is stale if the target no longer points to the record(s) that the
+ # relevant foreign_key(s) refers to. If stale, the association accessor method
+ # on the owner will reload the target. It's up to subclasses to implement this
+ # method if relevant.
+ #
+ # Note that if the target has not been loaded, it is not considered stale.
+ def stale_target?
+ false
+ end
+
# Returns the target of this proxy, same as +proxy_target+.
def target
@target