# What are the likely scenarios that can prevent a form from rendering

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/what-are-the-likely-scenarios-that-can-prevent-a-form-from-rendering/38016>\
**Category:** Templates & Frontend\
**Created:** [January 17, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/what-are-the-likely-scenarios-that-can-prevent-a-form-from-rendering/38016 "2025-01-17T10:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![onyeibo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/onyeibo/32/11494_2.png) [@onyeibo](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/onyeibo)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/what-are-the-likely-scenarios-that-can-prevent-a-form-from-rendering/38016/1 "2025-01-17T10:58:00Z")

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I have a form/formset (pair) that won’t render anymore. Yesterday, the pair was fine. Today, the forms won’t render. Every other item on the template renders, but not the this pair.

I can confirm that the forms are in the context dictionary, but for inexplicable reasons, they will not render. `print(vars(context_dict))` tells me the number of forms on the formset and the data looks okay. Why are they not getting to the browser?

I am almost losing my fingers debugging this sudden anomaly.

What could be wrong?

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**Author:** ![leandrodesouzadev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/leandrodesouzadev/32/8981_2.png) [@leandrodesouzadev](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/leandrodesouzadev)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/what-are-the-likely-scenarios-that-can-prevent-a-form-from-rendering/38016/2 "2025-01-17T11:18:09Z")

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Hard to tell without seeing any more details.  
You know how to get help, please provide the views/templates/forms involved.

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**Author:** ![anefta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/anefta/32/10649_2.png) [@anefta](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/anefta)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/what-are-the-likely-scenarios-that-can-prevent-a-form-from-rendering/38016/3 "2025-01-17T11:47:33Z")

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Also, check the JavaScript console for errors and paste here the errors - if any.

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**Author:** ![onyeibo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/onyeibo/32/11494_2.png) [@onyeibo](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/onyeibo)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/what-are-the-likely-scenarios-that-can-prevent-a-form-from-rendering/38016/4 "2025-01-18T03:29:13Z")

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**Its back! Phew!**

The encapsulating `if` block was malfunctioning. I need to become familiar with how django evaluates series of `or`’s and `and`’s in an if block.