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description: 'ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::DuplicateTable: ERROR: relation "thing"'
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# Can't run rspec tests:  ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::DuplicateTable: ERROR: relation "thing"

In some cases, I have run into an issue when I try to run rspec tests, it says&#x20;

`Migrations are pending.  To resolve, run:  rails db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test`

But then when I run that, I see this error:

`ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::DuplicateTable: ERROR: relation "thing"`

To resolve this, run this:

```
bundle exec rake db:reset RAILS_ENV=test
```

That will reset the test database.  Now you can proceed with running tests normally.
