[1.9.x] Fixed #25867 -- Fixed a system check crash with nested ArrayFields.

Thanks to Jean Gourds for the report, Tim and Claude for the review.

Backport of 59b57e672c2f5a685804cce253d2c5314c45c5fa from master

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/postgres_tests/test_array.py b/tests/postgres_tests/test_array.py
index 0ff7198fc2..094a1e2235 100644
--- a/tests/postgres_tests/test_array.py
+++ b/tests/postgres_tests/test_array.py
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ class TestChecks(PostgreSQLTestCase):
         model = MyModel()
         errors = model.check()
         self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
+        # The inner CharField is missing a max_length.
         self.assertEqual(errors[0].id, 'postgres.E001')
+        self.assertIn('max_length', errors[0].msg)
 
     def test_invalid_base_fields(self):
         test_apps = Apps(['postgres_tests'])
@@ -363,6 +365,25 @@ class TestChecks(PostgreSQLTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
         self.assertEqual(errors[0].id, 'postgres.E002')
 
+    def test_nested_field_checks(self):
+        """
+        Nested ArrayFields are permitted.
+        """
+        test_apps = Apps(['postgres_tests'])
+
+        class MyModel(PostgreSQLModel):
+            field = ArrayField(ArrayField(models.CharField()))
+
+            class Meta:
+                apps = test_apps
+
+        model = MyModel()
+        errors = model.check()
+        self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
+        # The inner CharField is missing a max_length.
+        self.assertEqual(errors[0].id, 'postgres.E001')
+        self.assertIn('max_length', errors[0].msg)
+
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(connection.vendor == 'postgresql', "PostgreSQL specific tests")
 class TestMigrations(TransactionTestCase):