Build new object through an association doesn't trigger the state_machine's initial lambda

[Martin91]

Hey guys, I am using the latest version of state_machine. Today I found a problem that my state_machine doesn't trigger the state_machine's :initial lambda codes if I build objects through an association, but does if I use Order.new.

There are two models, Creator and Order, in my application, and there is a has_many association from a creator to many orders. The below shows the definition of my state_machine for Order:

state_machine :initial => lambda {|order| order.creator_id ? :pending : :unaudited}  do
  state :unaudited, :pending, :open, :finished, :archived

  # other things

The result of building order by the new class method:

[1] pry(main)> order = Order.new :creator_id => 1
=> #<Order id: nil, creator_id: 1, ......, state: "pending">
[2] pry(main)> order.state
=> "pending"

Well, it goes well as what I expect, but, if I build a new order by a creator, it will have something wrong:

[5] pry(main)> creator = Creator.first
=> #<User id: 1, email: "admin@example.com", ...>
[6] pry(main)> order = creator.orders.build
=> #<Order id: nil, creator_id: 1, ......, state: "unaudited>
[7] pry(main)> order.state
=> "unaudited"

See? Both built orders have creator_id, but have opposite state.

Then I add breakpoint to the lambda, I found that the lambda will be run if I build objects through new method, and will never be trigger if through an association.

Could you help me? Thanks in advance.

[johnnaegle]

It looks to me like this is no longer working for new in Rails 4.2

Rails 4.2:

StateMachine.new.calculation_state
=> nil

User.find(142).state_machines.build.calculation_state
  User Load (0.4ms)  SELECT  "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1  [["id", 142]]    
=> nil

Rails 4.0

StateMachine.new.calculation_state
=> "stale"

User.find(142).state_machines.build.calculation_state
  User Load (0.4ms)  SELECT  "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1  [["id", 142]]    
=> "stale"

Note that I didn't have the problem with building through an association, but I'm on a fork.

[incubus]

I've the same problem with Rails 4.2. Have you found a fix or a working fork?

[Soleone]

running into this as well, hopefully this can be fixed and the gem maintained again at some point