[17.0 to 18.0] Error invalid input syntax for type json

[david19942]

Module

Base modules. (I cannot specify which module it is, as it indicates that it is a base module)

Describe the bug

A database is migrated from v14 to v17, everything goes smoothly and works, but when the migration from v17 to v18 is done it throws the error.

To Reproduce

Affected versions:
v18

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Migrate from v16 to v17
2. Migrate from v17 to v18

Expected behavior
Complete the migration without errors, just as in previous versions.

Error log

2025-11-10 16:06:53,471 20 DEBUG odoo_ddbb OpenUpgrade: 0 rows affected after 0:00:00.000116 running DELETE FROM ir_model_data WHERE module = 'base' AND model='ir.module.module' AND name = 'module_hr_expense_remove_mobile_link' 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,552 20 DEBUG odoo_ddbb OpenUpgrade: 1 rows affected after 0:00:00.000204 running UPDATE ir_model_data SET module = 'base', name = 'lang_sr@Cyrl' WHERE module = 'base' and name = 'lang_sr_RS' 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,552 20 DEBUG odoo_ddbb OpenUpgrade: 1 rows affected after 0:00:00.000194 running UPDATE ir_model_data SET module = 'base', name = 'module_category_productivity_dashboard' WHERE module = 'spreadsheet_dashboard' and name = 'dashboard_management' 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,570 20 DEBUG odoo_ddbb OpenUpgrade: 304 rows affected after 0:00:00.017597 running UPDATE ir_ui_view SET type='list' WHERE type='tree' 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,574 20 DEBUG odoo_ddbb OpenUpgrade: 293 rows affected after 0:00:00.004419 running UPDATE ir_act_window
            SET view_mode = REGEXP_REPLACE(view_mode, '(^|,)tree(,|$)', '\1list\2', 'g')
        WHERE view_mode ~ '(^|,)tree(,|$)'
         
2025-11-10 16:06:53,590 20 DEBUG odoo_ddbb OpenUpgrade: 1 rows affected after 0:00:00.015027 running UPDATE res_lang SET code='sr@Cyrl', iso_code='sr@Cyrl' WHERE code='sr_RS' 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,591 20 DEBUG odoo_ddbb OpenUpgrade: 0 rows affected after 0:00:00.001015 running UPDATE res_company SET layout_background='Blank' WHERE layout_background='Geometric' 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,618 20 INFO odoo_ddbb odoo.modules.registry: module base: creating or updating database tables 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,955 20 WARNING odoo_ddbb odoo.modules.loading: Transient module states were reset 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,955 20 ERROR odoo_ddbb odoo.modules.registry: Failed to load registry 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,955 20 CRITICAL odoo_ddbb odoo.service.server: Failed to initialize database `odoo_ddbb`. 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/service/server.py", line 1366, in preload_registries
    registry = Registry.new(dbname, update_module=update_module)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/decorator.py", line 232, in fun
    return caller(func, *(extras + args), **kw)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/tools/func.py", line 97, in locked
    return func(inst, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/modules/registry.py", line 129, in new
    odoo.modules.load_modules(registry, force_demo, status, update_module)
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/modules/loading.py", line 431, in load_modules
    loaded_modules, processed_modules = load_module_graph(
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/modules/loading.py", line 206, in load_module_graph
    registry.init_models(env.cr, model_names, {'module': package.name}, new_install)
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/modules/registry.py", line 605, in init_models
    model._auto_init()
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/models.py", line 3469, in _auto_init
    new = field.update_db(self, columns)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/fields.py", line 1089, in update_db
    self.update_db_column(model, column)
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/fields.py", line 2076, in update_db_column
    super().update_db_column(model, column)
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/fields.py", line 1125, in update_db_column
    self._convert_db_column(model, column)
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/fields.py", line 1792, in _convert_db_column
    sql.convert_column(model._cr, model._table, self.name, self.column_type[1])
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/tools/sql.py", line 347, in convert_column
    _convert_column(cr, tablename, columnname, columntype, using)
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/tools/sql.py", line 371, in _convert_column
    cr.execute(query, log_exceptions=False)
  File "/opt/odoo/odoo/sql_db.py", line 357, in execute
    res = self._obj.execute(query, params)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
psycopg2.errors.InvalidTextRepresentation: invalid input syntax for type json
DETAIL:  Token "NORYAY" is invalid.
CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: NORYAY

2025-11-10 16:06:53,958 20 INFO odoo_ddbb odoo.service.server: Initiating shutdown 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,958 20 INFO odoo_ddbb odoo.service.server: Hit CTRL-C again or send a second signal to force the shutdown. 
2025-11-10 16:06:53,959 20 INFO odoo_ddbb odoo.sql_db: ConnectionPool(read/write;used=0/count=0/max=64): Closed 1 connections

As I've seen in other problems posted by the community, a similar error was supposedly already fixed and was related to analytical accounts, but the problem is the same, but in this case I understand it's in another module.

I tried searching the database for the word NORYAY and I couldn't find it either.

Since I saw that the solutions to those problems were recent, I downloaded openupgrade v17 and v18 again yesterday, and ran the migration again from v16 onwards, encountering the same problem.