Rails 4.1 counter cache not updating

Question

This counter cache does not seem to be working correctly, although to my knowledge I have done everything correctly.

user.rb:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :search_stats, counter_cache: true
end

migration:

class AddSearchStatsCounterCacheToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def up
    add_column :users, :search_stats_count, :integer, default: 0, null: false

    User.reset_column_information
    User.find_each do |u|
      u.update_attribute(:search_stats_count, u.search_stats.count)
    end
  end

  def down
    remove_column :users, :search_stats_count
  end
end

Why does this not update the counter?

user = User.find( user_id )
user.search_stats.create!( search_params: search_params.to_json )

Answer 1

Serious brain fart. The counter_cache option should be on the belong_to not the has_many. Explicitly stated in the Rails docs