bad magic number in 'application': b'\x03\xf3\r\n': ImportError

[texonidas]

I have just made the switch from 2.7 to 3.6, however upon undeploying and redeploying my application, I received the above error, with the stack trace below.

Context

bad magic number in 'application': b'\x03\xf3\r\n': ImportError Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/task/handler.py", line 514, in lambda_handler return LambdaHandler.lambda_handler(event, context) File "/var/task/handler.py", line 259, in lambda_handler handler = cls() File "/var/task/handler.py", line 148, in __init__ self.app_module = importlib.import_module(self.settings.APP_MODULE) File "/var/lang/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 978, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 961, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 950, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 674, in exec_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 888, in get_code File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 455, in _validate_bytecode_header ImportError: bad magic number in 'application': b'\x03\xf3\r\n'

From my research, this error occurs when old .pyc files are kept between version changes of Python. Given that I fully undeployed then redeployed this project, I'm unsure how else I can go about clearing them.

Expected Behavior

Normal deployment

Actual Behavior

Hella crashes

Possible Fix

As mentioned above, there are a few suggestions online that this is caused by Python 2.x .pyc files making their way into the new Python 3.x project.

Steps to Reproduce

Unfortunately this is an error I am unable to reproduce from a fresh install, as it is a long running closed-source project.

Your Environment

• Zappa version used: 0.41.2
• Operating System and Python version: Ubuntu 16.04, Python 3.6.1
• Your zappa_settings.py:
  "develop": { "app_function": "application.app", "delete_s3_zip": false, "domain": "api.develop.website.com.au", "http_methods": ["GET", "OPTIONS", "POST"], "keep_warm": false, "lets_encrypt_expression": "rate(15 days)", "lets_encrypt_key": "s3://website-config/develop.key", "method_header_types": [ "Content-Type", "Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "Location", "Status", "X-Frame-Options", "Set-Cookie" ], "remote_env": "s3://website-config/dev-config.json", "s3_bucket": "website-api-develop", "timeout_seconds": 70, "vpc_config": { "SubnetIds": ["secret"], "SecurityGroupIds": ["also secret"] } }

[texonidas]

I've fixed this by completely deleting the repository and then re-cloning.

I'm assuming that zappa uses some .pyc file from the project itself, not sure if it is worth adding some recompilation functionality, the 2.7 -> 3.6 use case probably doesn't occur frequently enough to warrant it.

Hopefully this helps someone else in the same boat though :)

[jakul]

I was able to fix this too, by doing find . -name \*.pyc -delete. Mine definitely wasn't caused by PY2 -> PY3 upgrade, but seemed to happen spontaneously overnight.

[ansarada-developers]

thanks, @jakul this really helped me out!

[jordanambra]

This can happen if you move a directory into another directory without deleting the .pyc cache.

[amiashraf]

find . -name \*.pyc -delete
Absolutely solved my problem.
I have seen the error when I pull my friends code and trying to migrate.

[jojo5716]

@amiashraf it was my solution too! i has same error when importing celery library on Django 2.0.2

[nosarthur]

XXX EDIT FROM MAINTAINTER: THIS IS BAD ADVICE DONT DO THIS XXX

Or git clean -fdx if it's a git repo

[einSelbst]

uh, git clean -fdx did remove more than the pycache. Would have been nice to mention this @nosarthur https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6267180/can-i-undo-a-git-clean-fdx

Running git clean -fdxnfirst to do a dry-run will be a good idea.

[ThadeuLuz]

@nosarthur your comment made me lose work..
but it did fix the problem

[Kipngetich33]

the issue is caused by differences conflicts in python versions within the cache. The cache is stored under file name as ' pycach' try finding these file and deleting them then trying running the project with the correct version of python again.

[ysYvonne]

thanks!!!!!!!, @jakul you save my life!!!!

[cmdedj]

I was able to fix this too, by doing find . -name \*.pyc -delete. Mine definitely wasn't caused by PY2 -> PY3 upgrade, but seemed to happen spontaneously overnight.

thank you, its solve my question

[asa-odoo]

Thanks @jakul . It works !!! ;)

[prantzos]

I was able to fix this too, by doing find . -name \*.pyc -delete. Mine definitely wasn't caused by PY2 -> PY3 upgrade, but seemed to happen spontaneously overnight.

Thanks a lot @jakul !!

[hamley241]

Thanks @jakul and @texonidas , you guys a re lifesavers!

[Panant4]

+1 Thank you! Worked for me!

[rlele5]

Which directory should I run find . -name \*.pyc -delete in? I've run it in my application code directory, but that didn't fix the issue.

[EyasuLingerih]

I run into this problem on windows machine while I was trying to create a new project in PyCharm.
I was able to fix it by removing a software for finger print scanner called Bio 7.

[habimanaflorbert]

Move to your home directory and run in your terminal this
$sudo find . -name "*.pyc" -exc rm -f {} ;