1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py b/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
index 6fdd873661..3145723920 100644
--- a/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import unittest
 from io import StringIO
 from unittest import mock
 
+from user_commands.utils import AssertFormatterFailureCaughtContext
+
 from django import conf, get_version
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management import (
@@ -2943,6 +2945,16 @@ class StartProject(LiveServerTestCase, AdminScriptTestCase):
                     expected_mode,
                 )
 
+    def test_failure_to_format_code(self):
+        with AssertFormatterFailureCaughtContext(self) as ctx:
+            call_command(
+                "startapp",
+                "mynewapp",
+                directory=self.test_dir,
+                stdout=ctx.stdout,
+                stderr=ctx.stderr,
+            )
+
 
 class StartApp(AdminScriptTestCase):
     def test_invalid_name(self):