PG::UniqueViolation: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint

ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique PG::UniqueViolation: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint "table_names_pkey" DETAIL: Key (id)=(70) already exists. : INSERT INTO "table_names"

Moste of the time when this error happen you are just trying to save some value over already existing unique value in Ruby on Rails database like PostgreSQL

But some time this happens when database goes out of wack (e.g. you deleted all the records but forgot to resent constraints in Staging database)

In that case this is easy fix:

ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.each do |table_name|
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reset_pk_sequence!(table_name)
end

source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47577532/why-pguniqueviolation-error-duplicate-key-value-violates-unique-constraint?rq=1