"poetry self update" requires a pyproject.toml file #9964

srittau · 2025-01-06T14:38:50Z

Description

When running "poetry self update" in a directory not containing a pyproject.toml file (such as the home directory), poetry quits with "Poetry could not find a pyproject.toml file in /home/srittau or its parents". It seems unnecessary to run self commands from a "real" project directory.

Workarounds

Running the self commands in any existing project directory. This is more difficult on a new system or installing poetry automatically (for example, using Ansible).

Poetry Installation Method

install.python-poetry.org

Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04.1

Poetry Version

Poetry (version 2.0.0)

Poetry Configuration

cache-dir = "/home/srittau/.cache/pypoetry"
installer.max-workers = null
installer.no-binary = null
installer.only-binary = null
installer.parallel = true
installer.re-resolve = true
keyring.enabled = true
requests.max-retries = 0
solver.lazy-wheel = true
system-git-client = false
virtualenvs.create = true
virtualenvs.in-project = null
virtualenvs.options.always-copy = false
virtualenvs.options.no-pip = false
virtualenvs.options.system-site-packages = false
virtualenvs.path = "{cache-dir}/virtualenvs"  # /home/srittau/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs
virtualenvs.prompt = "{project_name}-py{python_version}"
virtualenvs.use-poetry-python = false

Python Sysconfig

Platform: "linux-x86_64"
Python version: "3.12"
Current installation scheme: "venv"

Paths: 
	data = "/opt/ansible/ansible"
	include = "/usr/include/python3.12"
	platinclude = "/usr/include/python3.12"
	platlib = "/opt/ansible/ansible/lib/python3.12/site-packages"
	platstdlib = "/opt/ansible/ansible/lib/python3.12"
	purelib = "/opt/ansible/ansible/lib/python3.12/site-packages"
	scripts = "/opt/ansible/ansible/bin"
	stdlib = "/usr/lib/python3.12"

Variables: 
        [... please let me know if you require specific output]

Example pyproject.toml

No response

Poetry Runtime Logs

$ poetry -vvv self update
Loading configuration file /home/srittau/.config/pypoetry/config.toml
Updating Poetry version ...


  Stack trace:

  14  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cleo/application.py:327 in run
       325│ 
       326│             try:
     → 327│                 exit_code = self._run(io)
       328│             except BrokenPipeError:
       329│                 # If we are piped to another process, it may close early and send a

  13  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/console/application.py:236 in _run
       234│ 
       235│         with directory(self._working_directory):
     → 236│             exit_code: int = super()._run(io)
       237│ 
       238│         return exit_code

  12  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cleo/application.py:431 in _run
       429│             io.input.interactive(interactive)
       430│ 
     → 431│         exit_code = self._run_command(command, io)
       432│         self._running_command = None
       433│ 

  11  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cleo/application.py:473 in _run_command
       471│ 
       472│         if error is not None:
     → 473│             raise error
       474│ 
       475│         return terminate_event.exit_code

  10  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cleo/application.py:457 in _run_command
       455│ 
       456│             if command_event.command_should_run():
     → 457│                 exit_code = command.run(io)
       458│             else:
       459│                 exit_code = ConsoleCommandEvent.RETURN_CODE_DISABLED

   9  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cleo/commands/base_command.py:117 in run
       115│         io.input.validate()
       116│ 
     → 117│         return self.execute(io) or 0
       118│ 
       119│     def merge_application_definition(self, merge_args: bool = True) -> None:

   8  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cleo/commands/command.py:61 in execute
        59│ 
        60│         try:
     →  61│             return self.handle()
        62│         except KeyboardInterrupt:
        63│             return 1

   7  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/console/commands/self/self_command.py:132 in handle
       130│ 
       131│         with directory(self.system_pyproject.parent):
     → 132│             return self._system_project_handle()
       133│ 

   6  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/console/commands/self/update.py:49 in _system_project_handle
        47│         assert isinstance(add_command, AddCommand)
        48│         add_command.set_env(self.env)
     →  49│         application.configure_installer_for_command(add_command, self.io)
        50│ 
        51│         argv = ["add", f"poetry@{self.argument('version')}"]

   5  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/console/application.py:375 in configure_installer_for_command
       373│         from poetry.installation.installer import Installer
       374│ 
     → 375│         poetry = command.poetry
       376│         installer = Installer(
       377│             io,

   4  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/console/commands/command.py:24 in poetry
        22│     def poetry(self) -> Poetry:
        23│         if self._poetry is None:
     →  24│             return self.get_application().poetry
        25│ 
        26│         return self._poetry

   3  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/console/application.py:181 in poetry
       179│             return self._poetry
       180│ 
     → 181│         self._poetry = Factory().create_poetry(
       182│             cwd=self._project_directory,
       183│             io=self._io,

   2  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/factory.py:60 in create_poetry
        58│             io = NullIO()
        59│ 
     →  60│         base_poetry = super().create_poetry(cwd=cwd, with_groups=with_groups)
        61│ 
        62│         if version_str := base_poetry.local_config.get("requires-poetry"):

   1  /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/core/factory.py:48 in create_poetry
        46│         from poetry.core.pyproject.toml import PyProjectTOML
        47│ 
     →  48│         poetry_file = self.locate(cwd)
        49│         pyproject = PyProjectTOML(path=poetry_file)
        50│ 

  RuntimeError

  Poetry could not find a pyproject.toml file in /home/srittau or its parents

  at /opt/ansible/poetry/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/poetry/core/factory.py:802 in locate
      798│             if poetry_file.exists():
      799│                 return poetry_file
      800│ 
      801│         else:
    → 802│             raise RuntimeError(
      803│                 f"Poetry could not find a pyproject.toml file in {cwd} or its parents"
      804│             )
      805│

andrei-shabanski · 2025-01-06T22:56:28Z

Moreover, running poetry self update in an existing project within an activated virtual environment installs poetry package in the current project

thinh9e · 2025-01-07T10:28:53Z

This issue also occurs on Windows.
I was able to work around this by navigating to the Poetry installation directory (%APPDATA%\pypoetry on Windows) and running poetry self update to update.

mr-mare · 2025-01-07T17:25:17Z

It seems to me that poetry self update command messes up with both project virtual environment and poetry virtual environment.

With freshly installed poetry (using the official installer), I ran these commands:

/tmp/my_project$ poetry init --no-interaction --python="^3.13"
/tmp/my_project$ poetry add django
Creating virtualenv my-project-AnYL-V66-py3.13 in /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/virtualenvs
Using version ^5.1.4 for django

Updating dependencies
Resolving dependencies... (0.1s)

Package operations: 3 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals

  - Installing asgiref (3.8.1)
  - Installing sqlparse (0.5.3)
  - Installing django (5.1.4)

Writing lock file
/tmp/my_project$ cat pyproject.toml 
[project]
name = "my-project"
version = "0.1.0"
description = ""
authors = [
    {name = "User"}
]
readme = "README.md"
requires-python = "^3.13"
dependencies = [
    "django (>=5.1.4,<6.0.0)"
]


[build-system]
requires = ["poetry-core>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"]
build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
/tmp/my_project$ poetry self update 
Updating Poetry version ...

Using version ^2.0.0 for poetry

Updating dependencies
Resolving dependencies... (1.5s)

Package operations: 3 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals

  - Installing asgiref (3.8.1)
  - Installing sqlparse (0.5.3)
  - Installing django (5.1.4)

Writing lock file
/tmp/my_project$ poetry install --no-root 
Installing dependencies from lock file

Package operations: 35 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals

  - Installing certifi (2024.12.14)
  - Installing charset-normalizer (3.4.1)
  - Installing idna (3.10)
  - Installing more-itertools (10.5.0)
  - Installing pycparser (2.22)
  - Installing urllib3 (2.3.0)
  - Installing cffi (1.17.1)
  - Installing filelock (3.16.1)
  - Installing distlib (0.3.9)
  - Installing jaraco-context (6.0.1)
  - Installing crashtest (0.4.1)
  - Installing packaging (24.2)
  - Installing jaraco-classes (3.4.0)
  - Installing platformdirs (4.3.6)
  - Installing msgpack (1.1.0)
  - Installing pyproject-hooks (1.2.0)
  - Installing rapidfuzz (3.11.0)
  - Installing requests (2.32.3)
  - Installing jaraco-functools (4.1.0)
  - Installing virtualenv (20.28.1)
  - Installing cachecontrol (0.14.2)
  - Installing cleo (2.1.0)
  - Installing dulwich (0.22.7)
  - Installing fastjsonschema (2.21.1)
  - Installing installer (0.7.0)
  - Installing keyring (25.6.0)
  - Installing pkginfo (1.12.0)
  - Installing poetry-core (2.0.0)
  - Installing requests-toolbelt (1.0.0)
  - Installing shellingham (1.5.4)
  - Installing tomlkit (0.13.2)
  - Installing trove-classifiers (2025.1.7.14)
  - Installing build (1.2.2.post1)
  - Installing xattr (1.1.4)
  - Installing poetry (2.0.0)
/tmp/my_project$ poetry env info 

Virtualenv
Python:         3.13.1
Implementation: CPython
Path:           /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/virtualenvs/my-project-AnYL-V66-py3.13
Executable:     /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/virtualenvs/my-project-AnYL-V66-py3.13/bin/python
Valid:          True

Base
Platform:   darwin
OS:         posix
Python:     3.13.1
Path:       /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13
Executable: /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13
/tmp/my_project$ ls /Users/user/Library/Caches/pypoetry/virtualenvs/my-project-AnYL-V66-py3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/
Django-5.1.4.dist-info                  charset_normalizer-3.4.1.dist-info      installer                               pip-24.3.1.virtualenv                   requests_toolbelt
__pycache__                             cleo                                    installer-0.7.0.dist-info               pkginfo                                 requests_toolbelt-1.0.0.dist-info
_cffi_backend.cpython-313-darwin.so     cleo-2.1.0.dist-info                    jaraco                                  pkginfo-1.12.0.dist-info                shellingham
_virtualenv.pth                         crashtest                               jaraco.classes-3.4.0.dist-info          platformdirs                            shellingham-1.5.4.dist-info
_virtualenv.py                          crashtest-0.4.1.dist-info               jaraco.context-6.0.1.dist-info          platformdirs-4.3.6.dist-info            sqlparse
asgiref                                 distlib                                 jaraco.functools-4.1.0.dist-info        poetry                                  sqlparse-0.5.3.dist-info
asgiref-3.8.1.dist-info                 distlib-0.3.9.dist-info                 keyring                                 poetry-2.0.0.dist-info                  tomlkit
build                                   django                                  keyring-25.6.0.dist-info                poetry_core-2.0.0.dist-info             tomlkit-0.13.2.dist-info
build-1.2.2.post1.dist-info             dulwich                                 more_itertools                          pycparser                               trove_classifiers
cachecontrol                            dulwich-0.22.7.dist-info                more_itertools-10.5.0.dist-info         pycparser-2.22.dist-info                trove_classifiers-2025.1.7.14.dist-info
cachecontrol-0.14.2.dist-info           fastjsonschema                          msgpack                                 pyproject_hooks                         urllib3
certifi                                 fastjsonschema-2.21.1.dist-info         msgpack-1.1.0.dist-info                 pyproject_hooks-1.2.0.dist-info         urllib3-2.3.0.dist-info
certifi-2024.12.14.dist-info            filelock                                packaging                               rapidfuzz                               virtualenv
cffi                                    filelock-3.16.1.dist-info               packaging-24.2.dist-info                rapidfuzz-3.11.0.dist-info              virtualenv-20.28.1.dist-info
cffi-1.17.1.dist-info                   idna                                    pip                                     requests                                xattr
charset_normalizer                      idna-3.10.dist-info                     pip-24.3.1.dist-info                    requests-2.32.3.dist-info               xattr-1.1.4.dist-info
/tmp/my_project$ ls /Users/user/Library/Application\ Support/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/
Django-5.1.4.dist-info                  crashtest                               jaraco.classes-3.4.0.dist-info          platformdirs-4.3.6.dist-info            sqlparse
_cffi_backend.cpython-313-darwin.so     crashtest-0.4.1.dist-info               jaraco.context-6.0.1.dist-info          poetry                                  sqlparse-0.5.3.dist-info
asgiref                                 distlib                                 jaraco.functools-4.1.0.dist-info        poetry-2.0.0.dist-info                  tomlkit
asgiref-3.8.1.dist-info                 distlib-0.3.9.dist-info                 keyring                                 poetry_core-2.0.0.dist-info             tomlkit-0.13.2.dist-info
build                                   django                                  keyring-25.6.0.dist-info                pycparser                               trove_classifiers
build-1.2.2.post1.dist-info             dulwich                                 more_itertools                          pycparser-2.22.dist-info                trove_classifiers-2025.1.7.14.dist-info
cachecontrol                            dulwich-0.22.7.dist-info                more_itertools-10.5.0.dist-info         pyproject_hooks                         urllib3
cachecontrol-0.14.2.dist-info           fastjsonschema                          msgpack                                 pyproject_hooks-1.2.0.dist-info         urllib3-2.3.0.dist-info
certifi                                 fastjsonschema-2.21.1.dist-info         msgpack-1.1.0.dist-info                 rapidfuzz                               virtualenv
certifi-2024.12.14.dist-info            filelock                                packaging                               rapidfuzz-3.11.0.dist-info              virtualenv-20.28.1.dist-info
cffi                                    filelock-3.16.1.dist-info               packaging-24.2.dist-info                requests                                xattr
cffi-1.17.1.dist-info                   idna                                    pip                                     requests-2.32.3.dist-info               xattr-1.1.4.dist-info
charset_normalizer                      idna-3.10.dist-info                     pip-24.3.1.dist-info                    requests_toolbelt
charset_normalizer-3.4.1.dist-info      installer                               pkginfo                                 requests_toolbelt-1.0.0.dist-info
cleo                                    installer-0.7.0.dist-info               pkginfo-1.12.0.dist-info                shellingham
cleo-2.1.0.dist-info                    jaraco                                  platformdirs                            shellingham-1.5.4.dist-info
/tmp/my_project$ cat pyproject.toml 
[project]
name = "my-project"
version = "0.1.0"
description = ""
authors = [
    {name = "User"}
]
readme = "README.md"
requires-python = "^3.13"
dependencies = [
    "django (>=5.1.4,<6.0.0)",
    "poetry (>=2.0.0,<3.0.0)"
]


[build-system]
requires = ["poetry-core>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"]
build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"

As you can see it installs project dependencies into poetry virtual environment and vice versa poetry and its dependencies into project virtual environment.

finswimmer · 2025-01-08T07:32:34Z

Hey,

I'm not able to reproduce this. How have you installed Poetry? From what version are you trying to update?

fin swimmer

mr-mare · 2025-01-08T08:58:14Z

As I mentioned, I used the official installer (i.e. the same method as in the first post).

curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -

I ran poetry self update command with version 2.0.0.

~$ poetry --version
Poetry (version 2.0.0)

mr-mare · 2025-01-08T09:15:36Z

I tried it in docker with the same behaviour. Here are the steps to reproduce the problem from the first post.

I ran python:3.13-slim image:
```
$ docker run -it python:3.13-slim bash
```

in running docker container I installed curl and then poetry:

root@839b7de64ade:/# apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
root@839b7de64ade:/# curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -

now if I attempt to update poetry, it complains about missing pyproject.toml file:

root@839b7de64ade:/# poetry --version
Poetry (version 2.0.0)
root@839b7de64ade:/# poetry self update
Updating Poetry version ...


Poetry could not find a pyproject.toml file in / or its parents

When poetry self update command is run in an existing project, it behaves as I described earlier.

finswimmer · 2025-01-08T09:21:54Z

Thanks for the reproducer 👍 I have an idea where to search ...

Secrus · 2025-01-10T08:48:42Z

poetry version is also requiring a pyproject.toml.

that is expected. are you maybe looking for poetry --version?

srittau added kind/bug Something isn't working as expected status/triage This issue needs to be triaged labels Jan 6, 2025

srittau changed the title ~~"poetry self ..." requires a pyproject.toml file~~ "poetry self update" requires a pyproject.toml file Jan 6, 2025

finswimmer added status/confirmed Issue is reproduced and confirmed area/cli Related to the command line labels Jan 8, 2025

finswimmer mentioned this issue Jan 8, 2025

fix(console): self update didn't recognize Poetry's environment #9995

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poetry self update fails on poetry 2.0.0 if command run in a directory without a pyproject.toml file #9999

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srittau commented Jan 6, 2025 • edited Loading

Description

Workarounds

Poetry Installation Method

Operating System

Poetry Version

Poetry Configuration

Python Sysconfig

Example pyproject.toml

Poetry Runtime Logs

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