Mocking test in Django not working when running all in TestCase but works well one by one

Question

I'm using python mock for patching some functions and classes when testing views in Django.

If I run each test independently, all test works. But when I run the TestCase, some test dont work (the patch has not effect).

class ViewsTest(TestCase):
    @mock.patch('extras.utils.get_user_category')
    def test_select_test(self, mock_method):        
        mock_method.return_value = Category(id=1, name="Foo")

        response = self.client.post(reverse('select_test', args=['Foo']))

        self.assertEqual(200, self.client.post(reverse('select')).status_code)

    @mock.patch('user_profile.models.Profile.categories')
    def test_category_view(self, mock_related):      
        mock_related.all.return_value = []

        self.assertEqual(200, self.client.post(reverse('category')).status_code)

I have a print int the views to see each mocked method, when it works it prints:

MagicMock name='get_user_category' id='162815756'

And when doesn't works I see:

function get_user_category at 0x8e0fb8c

I tried the patcher start() and stop() but I still have problems.

¿What is the problem?

Answer 1

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