From 4f3439e835df8992dd69a396f81d72ca433c23c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Torsten Schulz (local)" <tsschulz@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 08:25:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update syncDatabase function to remove setupAssociations
 call: Added comments to clarify that associations should be set by the caller
 to prevent AssociationError during synchronization.

---
 backend/utils/syncDatabase.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/utils/syncDatabase.js b/backend/utils/syncDatabase.js
index 3ee14d9..c3732a9 100644
--- a/backend/utils/syncDatabase.js
+++ b/backend/utils/syncDatabase.js
@@ -687,8 +687,8 @@ const syncDatabase = async () => {
             }
         }
 
-        console.log("Setting up associations...");
-        setupAssociations();
+        // Associations werden vom Aufrufer (z. B. server.js) vor dem Aufruf von syncDatabase() gesetzt.
+        // Kein setupAssociations() hier, sonst doppelter Aufruf → AssociationError (alias "rooms" etc.).
 
         console.log("Synchronizing models...");
         await syncModelsWithUpdates(models);