Toggle! Bang Change in Rails 4 - ruby-on-rails-4

Question

Trying to solve a mystery for the purpose of documentation.
We're upgrading from Rails 3.2 to Rails 4.
In the Rails 3.2 code, we have (well, had):
def update_object_special_eligibility
object.toggle!(:can_run_on_special) if object && object.can_run_on_special? && ineligible_for_special?
end
I realize this doesn't give you all the information you need, but here is the error. You should know that can_run_on_special is a bitfield rather than an official attribute, though I don't think it's actually relevant. Just thought I'd let you know why we were getting the error:
1) Error:
ObjectStatusTest#test_should_mark_object_as_not_eligible_to_run_on_special_for_specific_unschedule_reasons:
ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError: can't write unknown attribute `can_run_on_special'
config/initializers/acts_as_audited.rb:280:in `write_attribute_with_audit'
app/models/object_status.rb:437:in `update_deal_amazon_eligibility'
test/unit/object_status_test.rb:481:in `block in <class:ObjectStatusTest>'
test/fast_test_helper.rb:99:in `call'
test/fast_test_helper.rb:99:in `block in <class:TestCase>'
The code we changed it to that works on Rails 4:
def update_object_special_eligibility
if object && object.can_run_on_special? && ineligible_for_special?
object.update_attributes! :can_run_on_special => false
end
My suspicion is that because toggle! operates like update_attribute in terms of bypassing validations that it's just returning false for saving the attribute, and therefore, toggle! just doesn't work anymore because the updating of the attribute and the saving isn't working. But I am not sure that's the case. I'm hoping someone out here might have some idea about why this ActiveRecord::Persistence method (toggle!) might be operating differently in Rails 4. Or, is it the updating of the "attribute" and saving that is likely operating differently?
Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Looks like acts_as_audited is getting in on the act, and isn't bitfield/toggle savvy, would be my guess. Too many cooks hacking in their wares here. (bitfield and acts_as_audited).