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Rails 6 raises ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError

Rails 6 raises ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError when update_columns is used with a non-existing attribute. Before Rails 6, update_columns raised an ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid error.

Rails 5.2

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2> > User.first.update_columns(email: 'amit@bigbinary.com')
3> > SELECT "users".\* FROM "users" ORDER BY "users"."id" ASC LIMIT $1  [["LIMIT", 1]]
4UPDATE "users" SET "email" = $1 WHERE "users"."id" = \$2 [["email", "amit@bigbinary.com"], ["id", 1]]
5
6=> Traceback (most recent call last):
71: from (irb):8
8ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (PG::UndefinedColumn: ERROR: column "email" of relation "users" does not exist)
9LINE 1: UPDATE "users" SET "email" = $1 WHERE "users"."id" = $2
10^
11: UPDATE "users" SET "email" = $1 WHERE "users"."id" = $2

Rails 6.0.0.beta2

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2> > User.first.update_columns(email: 'amit@bigbinary.com')
3> > SELECT "users".\* FROM "users" ORDER BY "users"."id" ASC LIMIT ? [["LIMIT", 1]]
4
5Traceback (most recent call last):
61: from (irb):1
7ActiveModel::MissingAttributeError (can't write unknown attribute `email`)

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