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sequelize/sequelize

Feature-rich ORM for modern Node.js and TypeScript, it supports PostgreSQL (with JSON and JSONB support), MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle DB, DB2 and DB2 for IBM i. · TypeScript · 367 source files

Analyzed at 7e1deec499 on 2026-08-03. 446 documented errors.

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" needs to define` : `You are trying to define`} the…
exception error associations, duplicate, options, sequelize-core
BelongsToMany: Option "through.unique" can only be used if…
exception error belongs-to-many, through, unique-constraint, primary-key, join-table
startTransactionQuery is not supported by the
exception error dialect, transactions, mssql, db2, ibmi, query-generator
Fields must be specified through options.fields
exception error sequelize, sqlite, validation, schema, constraints
Validations already in progress.
exception error validation, concurrency, internal
Unknown constraint error
exception error postgres, constraints, indexes, migrations
Invalid validator function
exception error validation, schema, config
This DataType is already attached to
exception error data-types, instance-reuse, model-definition, sequelize-v7
BelongsToMany associations automatically create the…
exception error associations, belongs-to-many, inverse, v7, migration, association-error
Could not parse constraints from SQL
exception error sequelize, sqlite, constraints, parser, introspection, regex
GeoJSON Point object
exception error geojson, validation, spatial, sequelize, geometry
Models that use @HasOne, @HasMany, or @BelongsToMany…
exception error decorators, associations, inheritance, foreign-key, legacy-decorators
Naming collision between attribute
exception error associations, naming, attributes, sequelize-core
Decorator @ requires an argument (used on )
exception error decorators, api-misuse, arguments, legacy-decorators
addColumn takes at least 3 arguments (table, attribute…
exception error query-interface, migration, addcolumn, validation, arguments
Model has a composite primary key. Please pass all primary…
exception error composite-key, primary-key, findbypk, typescript, api-misuse
Models that use @BelongsTo associations with the "inverse"…
exception error decorators, associations, inheritance, inverse, legacy-decorators
Attribute " . " must be specified as a plain object.
exception error model-definition, attributes, init, configuration
The index hint type " " is invalid or not supported by…
exception error index-hints, mysql, mariadb, snowflake, query-generator, api-misuse
Decorator @ has been used on , which is static. This…
exception error decorators, static-vs-instance, api-misuse, legacy-decorators
sequelize.transaction requires a callback. If you wish to…
exception error transactions, api-migration, v6-to-v7
You have defined two associations with the same name
exception error associations, naming, duplicate, sequelize-core
Requested isolation level
exception error transaction, nesting, isolation-level
Attempted to insert the JavaScript null into a JSON column…
exception error oracle, json, null, data-types, config
Trying to soft delete model
exception error paranoid, cascade, associations, foreign-key, referential-integrity
literal() cannot be used in the "returning" option array in
exception error mssql, returning, query-generator, dialect-specific
formatUnquoteJson has not been implemented in
exception error json, dialect-author, not-implemented, query-generator
Decorator @ has been used on , which is an instance…
exception error decorators, static-vs-instance, api-misuse, legacy-decorators
Sequelize#truncate: Some of your models have cyclic…
exception error truncate, foreign-keys, cyclic-dependencies, schema
Failed to resolve dialect from
exception error cli, config, dialect, dynamic-import
Unknown sequelize method
exception error sql-expression, query-generator, subclassing, version-mismatch
GeoJSON object has an invalid or missing "type" property…
exception error geo, geojson, gis, validation, security
" needs to create the association " " from to , but it…
exception error associations, error-wrapping, options, sequelize-core
An attribute called 'id' was defined in model
exception error schema, primary-key, config
Options "onDelete" and "onUpdate" have been moved to…
exception error associations, options, migration, sequelize-core
Sequelize is trying to add the timestamp attribute
exception error version, optimistic-locking, schema, config
Cyclic dependency found.
exception error sync, circular-dependency, foreign-key, toposort, schema
${message}
validation error validation, data-types, runtime
Validation Error
exception error validation, save, create, bulkcreate
Decorator @ has been used on , which is a symbol field…
exception error decorators, attributes, typescript, symbols
Foreign key on already references , but this association…
exception error belongs-to, foreign-key, references, conflict, schema
Invalid input received, got
exception error query-generator, validation, models, input-validation
An error occurred for attribute
exception error schema, config, data-types
does not support toggling foreign key checks
exception error foreign-keys, dialect-support, query-interface, postgres, mssql, query-generator
Multiple decorators are trying to register conflicting…
exception error decorators, model-options, configuration, conflict
#findOrCreate: value used for was not equal for both the…
exception error findorcreate, unique-constraint, data-integrity, race-condition
getDatabaseName has been removed as it does not make sense…
exception error removed-api, v6-to-v7, dialect
Unable to rollback a transaction without the transaction…
exception error ibmi, transaction, argument-validation
"undefined" cannot be escaped
exception error escaping, undefined, typeerror, where-clause, input-validation
You cannot specify both the "pgModule" option and the…
exception error postgres, configuration, connection, native
.rawAttributes has been removed, as it has been split in…
exception error deprecation, attributes, model-definition, migration, v7
For an auto-increment column either all row must be null or…
exception error insert, oracle, autoincrement, bulk
Decorator @ has been used on , which is not a method. This…
exception error decorators, hooks, typescript, configuration
Invalid namespace separator given, must be a non-empty…
exception warning validation, error-reporting, configuration
Cannot set both 'insertBefore' and 'insertAfter' to true on…
exception error decorators, attributes, inheritance, options, legacy-decorators
You must specify either options.transaction or…
exception error session-variables, connection-management, transactions, mysql
Symbol associations are not currently supported. We welcome…
exception error decorators, associations, symbols, legacy-decorators
The "save: false" option cannot be honoured in
exception error has-one, save-option, set-association, foreign-key, validation
Attempting to update a stale model instance
exception error optimistic-locking, concurrency, save, version, race-condition
No description found for table
exception error describe-table, case-sensitive, schema, query-interface
Could not guess type of value
exception error sql, data-type, query, validation
Model must be defined (through Model.init or…
exception error associations, model-init, lifecycle, sequelize-core
If specified, the "length" option must be one of
exception error data-types, text, mysql, validation, constructor
Unable to find constraints for table. Perhaps the table…
exception error sequelize, sqlite, schema, runtime, constraints
Sequelize is trying to add the version attribute
exception error version, optimistic-locking, schema, config
DataTypes.ENUM has been constructed incorrectly: When…
exception error data-types, enum, typescript, string-enum, constructor
Sequelize could not parse range "%O" as its format is…
exception error postgres, range, type-parsing, custom-types
.belongsToMany( ) requires a through model, set the…
exception error belongs-to-many, through, required-option, join-table
Sequelize#rawQuery does not accept the "replacements"…
exception error queryraw, replacements, bind-parameters, api-migration
Model.init cannot be used if the model uses one of…
exception error decorators, model-init, configuration, migration
You are using mismatching "transaction" and "connection"…
exception error transaction, connection, options, cls
The method " " is not defined! Please add it to your sql…
exception error mssql, query-generator, dialect, internal, not-implemented
The following literal includes positional replacements…
exception error sql-literal, replacements, validation, query
Unable to commit a transaction without the transaction…
exception error mssql, transaction, commit
Decorator @ has been used on " . ", but method already…
exception error decorators, hooks, naming-conflict, configuration
Support for ` ` has been removed. Use ` ` instead
exception error where, migration, v7, breaking-change, raw-sql, literal
Unknown index collation
exception error mariadb, indexes, schema-introspection, driver-compat
Constraint on table does not exist
exception error sequelize, sqlite, constraints, runtime, schema
Could not parse URL search parameter
exception error connection, url, config, parsing, validation
Model._indexes has been replaced with Model.getIndexes()
exception error deprecation, index, internals, migration, v7
Decorator @ has been used on , but class " " does not…
exception error decorators, model, api-misuse, legacy-decorators
Invalid Include received: the specified association
exception error associations, include, eager-loading, multi-model, api-misuse
Invalid session variable name
exception error session-variables, validation, mysql, mariadb, naming
declares supporting schema but listSchemasQuery is not…
exception error dialect-capability, schema, dialect-authoring, not-implemented
JavaScript is not supported by the
exception error sql, expression-builders, functions, javascript
The field.attribute property has been removed. Use the…
exception error api-migration, constraints, sequelize-core, schema
The DataType requires that the "precision" option be…
exception error data-types, decimal, precision, scale, validation
This function can only clone plain objects, arrays and…
exception error utils, clone, validation, types
Unknown association type
exception error decorators, associations, internal-invariant, legacy-decorators
Unquoting JSON is not supported by
exception error json, dialect-support, sqlite, db2, ibmi, snowflake, query-generator
Both options "as" and "inverse.as" must be defined for…
exception error has-one, self-association, inverse, alias, belongs-to
new ModelDefinition() expects a Sequelize instance to be…
exception error config, initialization, sequelize-instance
Sequelize could not parse range
exception error postgres, range, data-types, type-parsing
setIsolationLevelQuery is not supported by the
exception error dialect-capability, transactions, isolation-level, mssql, db2, ibmi
Instance could not be reloaded because it does not exist…
exception error model, instance, reload, concurrency, database
Option "keyType" has been removed from the BelongsTo's…
exception error has-many, key-type, removed-option, migration, foreign-key
Invalid Include received. Include has to be either a Model…
exception error includes, eager-loading, association, query
MSSQL doesn't allow for inserting more than 1,000 rows at a…
exception error mssql, bulk-insert, transaction, row-limit
UUID V1 generation is not supported by
exception error uuid, dialect-support, uuid-v1, defaults, query-generator
Validation encountered an unexpected error while validating…
exception error core, data-types, validation, custom-dialect