Error while trying to load the gem 'devise. ActiveSupport: Duration can't be coerced into Integer

Question

I've been trying to fix this error for a while now without finding any helpful, help please.

I'm trying to run migrations on my ROR app using the devise gem. But I get an error from ActiveSupport 'Duration can't be coerced into Integer'. this happened then I try to run:

rake db:migrate

I'm not sure if it has something to do with the code on the migrations or if it is something about a new devise version. This is the error message:

/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:285: warning: circular argument reference - now
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/thread_safe-0.3.5/lib/thread_safe/cache.rb:155: warning: constant ::Fixnum is deprecated
rake aborted!
Bundler::GemRequireError: There was an error while trying to load the gem 'devise'.
Gem Load Error is: ActiveSupport::Duration can't be coerced into Integer
Backtrace for gem load error is:
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb:50:in `*'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb:50:in `days'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb:55:in `weeks'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/devise-4.2.0/lib/devise.rb:121:in `<module:Devise>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/devise-4.2.0/lib/devise.rb:9:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:91:in `require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:91:in `block (2 levels) in require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:86:in `each'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:86:in `block in require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:75:in `each'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:75:in `require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler.rb:106:in `require'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/rake_module.rb:28:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/rake_module.rb:28:in `load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:687:in `raw_load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:96:in `block in load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:178:in `standard_exception_handling'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:95:in `load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:79:in `block in run'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:178:in `standard_exception_handling'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:77:in `run'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/rake:22:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/rake:22:in `<main>'
Bundler Error Backtrace:
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
TypeError: ActiveSupport::Duration can't be coerced into Integer
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

I'm using:

ruby '2.4.0'
gem 'rails', '4.1.1'
gem 'devise', '~> 4.2.0'

Please let me know how can I make this a better question. greetings.

Edit: This is one of the migrations files:

class DeviseCreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table(:users) do |t|
  t.string :email,              null: false, default: ""
  t.string :encrypted_password, null: false, default: ""
  t.string   :reset_password_token
  t.datetime :reset_password_sent_at
  t.datetime :remember_created_at
  t.integer  :sign_in_count, default: 0, null: false
  t.datetime :current_sign_in_at
  t.datetime :last_sign_in_at
  t.string   :current_sign_in_ip
  t.string   :last_sign_in_ip
  t.timestamps
end
end
end

Also, when trying bundle exec rake db:migrate I get almost the same:

bundle exec rake db:migrate
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:285: warning: circular argument reference - now
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/thread_safe-0.3.5/lib/thread_safe/cache.rb:155: warning: constant ::Fixnum is deprecated
rake aborted!
Bundler::GemRequireError: There was an error while trying to load the gem 'devise'.
Gem Load Error is: ActiveSupport::Duration can't be coerced into Integer
Backtrace for gem load error is:
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb:50:in `*'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb:50:in `days'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-4.1.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb:55:in `weeks'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/devise-4.2.0/lib/devise.rb:121:in `<module:Devise>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/devise-4.2.0/lib/devise.rb:9:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:91:in `require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:91:in `block (2 levels) in require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:86:in `each'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:86:in `block in require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:75:in `each'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:75:in `require'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler.rb:106:in `require'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `require'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/rake_module.rb:28:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/rake_module.rb:28:in `load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:687:in `raw_load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:96:in `block in load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:178:in `standard_exception_handling'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:95:in `load_rakefile'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:79:in `block in run'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:178:in `standard_exception_handling'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/lib/rake/application.rb:77:in `run'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rake-12.0.0/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/rake:22:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/rake:22:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `kernel_load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:27:in `run'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/cli.rb:332:in `exec'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/cli.rb:20:in `dispatch'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:440:in `start'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/cli.rb:11:in `start'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/exe/bundle:34:in `block in <top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:100:in `with_friendly_errors'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/bundler-1.13.7/exe/bundle:26:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/bundle:22:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/bundle:22:in `<main>'
Bundler Error Backtrace:
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `require'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/bundle:22:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/bundle:22:in `<main>'
TypeError: ActiveSupport::Duration can't be coerced into Integer
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `require'
/home/sam/aplicaciones/pess/Rakefile:4:in `<top (required)>'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/bundle:22:in `load'
/home/sam/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/bundle:22:in `<main>'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

Answer 1

Faced the issue today while trying to upgrade old app to rails 4.

The issue is ruby version(2.4.0) and not devise itself. Consider to use ruby-2.3.3 or lower and it's going to work like a charm!

Answer 2

I faced this yesterday while getting rails 3.2 and ruby 2.4 working together. I fixed it by monkey patching the activesupport library which is where the problem lies.

solution: switch the order of multiplication, put Duration first

Include the following code in your rails initializers:

# pulled from https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v3.2.22.5/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb

class Numeric
  def days
    ActiveSupport::Duration.new(24.hours * self, [[:days, self]])
  end
  alias :day :days

  def weeks
    ActiveSupport::Duration.new(7.days * self, [[:days, self * 7]])
  end
  alias :week :weeks

  def fortnights
    ActiveSupport::Duration.new(2.weeks * self, [[:days, self * 14]])
  end
  alias :fortnight :fortnights
end

# pulled from https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v3.2.22.5/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/integer/time.rb

class Integer
  def months
    ActiveSupport::Duration.new(30.days * self, [[:months, self]])
  end
  alias :month :months

  def years
    ActiveSupport::Duration.new(365.25.days * self, [[:years, self]])
  end
  alias :year :years
end

Answer 3

Actually I had the same problem trying to install and run activeadmin under these conditions:

rails 3.2.22.5 ruby 2.3.8

The solution by Thomas did not fully work for me, because the ActiveSupport was called before the application could start.

Solution that worked for me: I extracted the ActiveSupport as a separate gem, forked it, applied the above patch by Thomas and did some additional fixes so it could be run as a gem, outside of rails. I also added this gem before activeadmin, so when Duration was required it run my patched version:

# Gemfile extract
gem 'activesupport', :git => 'git://github.com/beshur/activesupport.git'
gem 'activeadmin', '0.6.6'

Then I switched my heroku app to use stack heroku-16 (more on stacks here), however it still requires ruby 2.3.8.

Hope it helps someone later, though it's already outdated versions.