SAM 1.4: Why does katello-upgrade fail to reindex search indices? "rake aborted! Delayed::DeserializationError"

Issue

• I need to upgrade subscription Asset Manager 1.3 to 1.4.
• katello-upgrade fails with error message.

** Execute reindex
rake aborted!
Delayed::DeserializationError
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 /opt/rh/ruby193/root/usr/bin/rake:32:in `<main>'
caused by: (ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound) Couldn't find Notice with id=1
/opt/rh/ruby193/root/usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-3.2.8/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb:341:in `find_one'
/opt/rh/ruby193/root/usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-3.2.8/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb:312:in `find_with_ids'
/opt/rh/ruby193/root/usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-3.2.8/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb:107:in `find'
/opt/rh/ruby193/root/usr/share/gems/gems/delayed_job-3.0.2/lib/delayed/psych_ext.rb:103:in `visit_Psych_Nodes_Mapping_with_class'
     ... skipped 46 lines
5 Tasks: TOP => reindex
Search Indices cleared.