Install and update hooks fail on missing tables
Module install or update hooks query database tables that do not exist yet on fresh or upgraded sites, aborting the process.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 30 October 2025 · last reported 11 October 2026
What's going wrong
Updating from older versions or installing on a fresh Drupal site stops with a database error because an update hook reads a table that was never created.
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