Delayed settings.DATABASE_ROUTERS usage by ConnectionRouter

Refs #20474.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/django/db/__init__.py b/django/db/__init__.py
index 885ca41318..2421ddeab8 100644
--- a/django/db/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import warnings
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import signals
 from django.db.utils import (DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS,
     DataError, OperationalError, IntegrityError, InternalError,
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ __all__ = ('backend', 'connection', 'connections', 'router', 'DatabaseError',
 
 connections = ConnectionHandler()
 
-router = ConnectionRouter(settings.DATABASE_ROUTERS)
+router = ConnectionRouter()
 
 # `connection`, `DatabaseError` and `IntegrityError` are convenient aliases
 # for backend bits.
diff --git a/django/db/utils.py b/django/db/utils.py
index 0bc72fd768..6ba6bf346c 100644
--- a/django/db/utils.py
+++ b/django/db/utils.py
@@ -214,14 +214,23 @@ class ConnectionHandler(object):
 
 
 class ConnectionRouter(object):
-    def __init__(self, routers):
-        self.routers = []
-        for r in routers:
+    def __init__(self, routers=None):
+        """
+        If routers is not specified, will default to settings.DATABASE_ROUTERS.
+        """
+        self._routers = routers
+
+    @cached_property
+    def routers(self):
+        if self._routers is None:
+            self._routers = settings.DATABASE_ROUTERS
+        for r in self._routers:
             if isinstance(r, six.string_types):
                 router = import_by_path(r)()
             else:
                 router = r
-            self.routers.append(router)
+            self._routers.append(router)
+        return self._routers
 
     def _router_func(action):
         def _route_db(self, model, **hints):