Error employee_admin in openupgrade from odoo16 to odoo17

Question

Hello,

I'm trying to migrate an odoo16 database to odoo17 using OpenUpgrade but appears that error about employee_admin and admin@example.com when tries to load noupdate_changes.xml :

File "/home/odoo/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/openupgradelib/admin@example.com</field>

</record>

2025-11-27 14:48:03,241 2386 INFO database01 odoo.service.server: Initiating shutdown

2025-11-27 14:48:03,241 2386 INFO database01 odoo.service.server: Hit CTRL-C again or send a second signal to force the shutdown.

2025-11-27 14:48:03,245 2386 INFO database01 odoo.sql_db: ConnectionPool(used=0/count=0/max=64): Closed 1 connections

Any suggestion?

Thank you

Regards

Cybrosys Techno Solutions Pvt.Ltd · Answer

Hi,
This is a common issue when migrating to Odoo 17 with OpenUpgrade and it’s not caused by your business data.
During migration, OpenUpgrade tries to reapply admin / employee user records from noupdate_changes.xml, which conflicts with how Odoo 17 manages these users.
Errors mentioning admin@example.com usually mean the admin or employee user already exists or violates a uniqueness rule.
Open noupdate_changes.xml and remove or comment out the admin / employee related records; this is safe and

Kunjan Patel · Answer

Hello Santiago Carbonell Forment,
I hope you are doing well
*OpenUpgrade Odoo 16→17 Migration Fix*  The error is a conflict with the *employee_admin* record in *noupdate_changes.xml* . Before migration, run these SQL queries on your Odoo 16 database:  UPDATE res_partner SET email = NULL WHERE id = (SELECT partner_id FROM res_users WHERE id = 2)  DELETE FROM hr_employee WHERE user_id = 2;  This removes the conflicting admin employee data. Alternatively, check *ir_model_data* for duplicate *employ

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