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+# Generated by Django 3.2.15 on 2024-11-01 19:21
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('specify', '0011_cascading_tree_nodes'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        # Fixes an issue due to a bug in the WorkBench prior to 7.9.0 that did not
+        # set accepted nodes to IsAccepted = 1 when they were not synonyms.
+        # https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/5131
+        migrations.RunSQL(
+            'UPDATE taxon t1 SET IsAccepted = TRUE WHERE t1.IsAccepted = 0 AND t1.AcceptedId IS NULL',
+            # This should not need to be reversed, but this allows for rollback without reversing the SQL
+            reverse_sql=''
+        )
+    ]
+