# Buggy code
def _canonicalize(
    self,
    schema: s_schema.Schema,
    context: sd.CommandContext,
    scls: so.Object,
) -> List[sd.Command]:
    assert isinstance(scls, Annotation)
    commands = list(super()._canonicalize(schema, context, scls))

    # AnnotationValues have names derived from the abstract
    # annotations. We unfortunately need to go update their names.
    annot_vals = cast(
        AbstractSet[AnnotationValue],
        schema.get_referrers(scls, scls_type=AnnotationValue, field_name="annotation"),
    )

    for ref in annot_vals:
        ref_name = ref.get_name(schema)
        quals = list(sn.quals_from_fullname(ref_name))
        new_ref_name = sn.QualName(
            name=sn.get_specialized_name(self.new_name, *quals),
            module=ref_name.module,
        )
        commands.append(
            self._canonicalize_ref_rename(
                ref, ref_name, new_ref_name, schema, context, scls
            )
        )

    return commands


# Traceback (AttributeError)
ERROR: InternalServerError: 'UnionType' object has no attribute 'get_name'
Hint: This is most likely a bug in EdgeDB. Please consider opening an issue ticket at https://github.com/edgedb/edgedb/issues/new?template=bug_report.md
Server traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/server/procpool/worker.py", line 75, in worker
res = await meth(*args)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/server/compiler/compiler.py", line 1808, in compile_eql_tokens
return self._compile(ctx=ctx, tokens=eql_tokens)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/server/compiler/compiler.py", line 1442, in _compile
comp: dbstate.BaseQuery = self._compile_dispatch_ql(ctx, stmt)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/server/compiler/compiler.py", line 1365, in _compile_dispatch_ql
return self._compile_ql_migration(ctx, ql)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/server/compiler/compiler.py", line 794, in _compile_ql_migration
target_schema = s_ddl.apply_sdl(
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/schema/ddl.py", line 371, in apply_sdl
ddl_stmts = s_decl.sdl_to_ddl(current_schema, documents)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/edgeql/declarative.py", line 230, in sdl_to_ddl
trace_dependencies(decl_ast, ctx=ctx)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/functools.py", line 875, in wrapper
return dispatch(args[0].__class__)(*args, **kw)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/edgeql/declarative.py", line 499, in trace_default
_register_item(node, ctx=ctx)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/edgeql/declarative.py", line 623, in _register_item
trace_dependencies(cmd, ctx=ctx)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/functools.py", line 875, in wrapper
return dispatch(args[0].__class__)(*args, **kw)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/edgeql/declarative.py", line 443, in trace_ConcretePointer
_register_item(
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/edgeql/declarative.py", line 638, in _register_item
tdeps = qltracer.trace_refs(
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/edgeql/tracer.py", line 162, in trace_refs
trace(qltree, ctx=ctx)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/functools.py", line 875, in wrapper
return dispatch(args[0].__class__)(*args, **kw)
File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/edgedb-server-1-alpha6/lib/python3.8/site-packages/edb/edgeql/tracer.py", line 653, in trace_Select
ctx.path_prefix = tip.get_name(ctx.schema)
AttributeError: 'UnionType' object has no attribute 'get_name'

# Fixed code
def _canonicalize(
    self,
    schema: s_schema.Schema,
    context: sd.CommandContext,
    scls: so.Object,
) -> None:
    super()._canonicalize(schema, context, scls)
    assert isinstance(scls, Annotation)

    # AnnotationValues have names derived from the abstract
    # annotations. We unfortunately need to go update their names.
    annot_vals = cast(
        AbstractSet[AnnotationValue],
        schema.get_referrers(scls, scls_type=AnnotationValue, field_name="annotation"),
    )

    for ref in annot_vals:
        ref_name = ref.get_name(schema)
        quals = list(sn.quals_from_fullname(ref_name))
        new_ref_name = sn.QualName(
            name=sn.get_specialized_name(self.new_name, *quals),
            module=ref_name.module,
        )

        self.add(
            self.init_rename_branch(
                ref,
                new_ref_name,
                schema=schema,
                context=context,
            )
        )