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I just started working with After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out..... Quick question that's been bugging me - This might be a silly question, but I'm working with an scenario in my Rails 7.1 application where I need to update a set of related records using `update_all`, but it seems to be ignoring the scopes I've defined in my model. Specifically, I have a `Project` model that has many `Tasks`, and I'm trying to mark all completed tasks as archived based on a certain condition. Here’s the relevant code: ```ruby class Project < ApplicationRecord has_many :tasks end class Task < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :project scope :completed, -> { where(status: 'completed') } end ``` When I try to run the following code to archive completed tasks for a specific project: ```ruby project = Project.find(1) project.tasks.completed.update_all(archived: true) ``` I expect this to set `archived` to `true` for all completed tasks, but instead, I see no changes reflected in the database. The query executed is: ```sql UPDATE tasks SET archived = true WHERE project_id = 1 AND status = 'completed'; ``` However, when I check the `tasks` table, none of the tasks appear to be archived, and there are no errors reported in the console. I've ensured that there are completed tasks in the database for this project, and eventually, I even checked the raw SQL executed in the database, which confirms that the `UPDATE` statement was executed successfully but did not affect any rows. I've tried several things, including checking for callbacks that might be interfering with the update, but nothing seems to work. I also verified that the `status` column indeed contains 'completed' for some tasks. Is there something I might be missing here? Any insights would be appreciated! My development environment is macOS. My development environment is Ubuntu. What am I doing wrong? The project is a REST API built with Ruby. Is this even possible? For reference, this is a production CLI tool. Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is my first time working with Ruby LTS.