I have a workspace that has stopped working I get the error

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I have a workspace that has stopped working I get the error message Cannot read properties of undefined reading fname and no tree is shown in the tree view It is a ordinary VSCode workspace that has three dendron vaults in it I tried removing all the cache files but still get the error Dendron preview and backlinks seem to work though How do I find out what is wrong and fix it

Joshi · Answer

Hello < xg> can you run `Dendron Dev Diagonistic Report` and Dm me the output Also does this still happen after Reloading workspace

xg · Answer

Hi yes tried reloading the window just now and I get the same error message I ll run the diagnostic and send you the output

Joshi · Answer

``` level 50 time 1649852072054 pid 37931 hostname mac00828 name logger name DendronError status invalid config payload stack DendronError Missing code workspace file Users jodfo01 Dendron jody dendron code workspace n ```

Joshi · Answer

Looks like the `dendron code workspace` is not present Can you confirm that this file is present in the root of your workspace where dendron yml is present

xg · Answer

My workspace settings filename is `jody dendron code workspace` I created an ordinary VSCode workspace and then added dendron to it since having multiple workspaces named dendron makes it impossible to differentiate between them

xg · Answer

general personal and work are three vaults

xg · Answer

I usually have two other workspaces that also use dendron open at the same time usually so I needed the workspace names to be different At the time of the diagnostics report only this dendron workspace was open

xg · Answer

The other workspaces using dendron also use workspace config files that are not `dendron code workspace`

xg · Answer

Just tried opening them and they work fine

Joshi · Answer

Hmm let me take a closer look into that

xg · Answer

my workspace config in dendron yml is this if it helps ``` workspace vaults fsPath general fsPath personal fsPath work ```

kevins8 · Answer

< xg> when you load using `dendron code workspace` does the tree view show up

xg · Answer

I m not sure if I understood correctly but I renamed `jody dendron code workspace` to `dendron code workspace` and got the same error I also have a 100 working workspace with multiple vaults with a config named `dendron code workspace` which I renamed `blabla code workspace` opened it and it continued to work

xg · Answer

I opened the keyboard troubleshooting log and reloaded my vscode window with the issue and saw this error don t know if it is significant ` 2022 04 13 16 34 54 521 renderer10 error ENOENT no such file or directory open Users jodfo01 Library Application Support Code User globalStorage dendron dendron segmentresidualcache log Error ENOENT no such file or directory open Users jodfo01 Library Application Support Code User globalStorage dendron dendron segmentresidualcache log `

kevins8 · Answer

no that error is not significant

xg · Answer

By removing vaults from `dendron yml` I have concluded that the error only occurs when my `work` vault is used Is there a way for me to investigate what is causing the error

kevins8 · Answer

can you try restarting with just the work vault in debug mode see Set Dendron to debug mode https wiki dendron so notes a6c03f9b 8959 4d67 8394 4d204ab69bfe

xg · Answer

Thanks I ll do that

xg · Answer

Found the log message ``` 2022 04 13 17 08 45 122 exthost error TypeError Cannot read properties of undefined reading fname at Users jodfo01 vscode extensions dendron dendron 0 90 0 dist extension js 2 147866 at Array find at Function l sortNotesAtLevel Users jodfo01 vscode extensions dendron dendron 0 90 0 dist extension js 2 147852 at Ui parseTree Users jodfo01 vscode extensions dendron dendron 0 90 0 dist extension js 8 3244131 at Users jodfo01 vscode extensions dendron dendron 0 90 0 dist extension js 8 3244507 at Array map at Ui parseTree Users jodfo01 vscode extensions dendron dendron 0 90 0 dist extension js 8 3244219 at Users jodfo01 vscode extensions dendron dendron 0 90 0 dist extension js 8 3243417 at Array flatMap at Ui getChildren Users jodfo01 vscode extensions dendron dendron 0 90 0 dist extension js 8 3243387 at fetchChildrenNodes Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app out vs workbench api node extensionHostProcess js 99 19383 at getChildren Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app out vs workbench api node extensionHostProcess js 99 15769 at Applications Visual Studio Code app Contents Resources app out vs workbench api node extensionHostProcess js 99 18806 at processTicksAndRejections node internal process task queues 96 5 ```

xg · Answer

I ve isolated the error to a single file Something in the file name is causing the error

kevins8 · Answer

so looks like its happening at this line > https github com dendronhq dendron blob master packages common all src util treeUtil ts L130 L130 this happens where theres a note without the right frontmatter

kevins8 · Answer

are you able to share the filename or the frontmatter of the file

xg · Answer

I tried renaming the file and the error went away then renamed the file back had old name in clipboard and the error surfaced again

xg · Answer

here is the filename not sure if everything will survive going through Discord though

xg · Answer

tdde44 vt23 inför vt23

xg · Answer

oh md as the extension

xg · Answer

I moved the note and then created a note via the lookup command copying and pasting the text from above and am getting the error

kevins8 · Answer

just to make sure i got this right i m pasting the prompt into a new workspace and it seems to be working https www loom com i ed8460b9879e46348345d29a1b317148 might be that discord is transforming the formatting if you copy the discord filename `tdde44 vt23 inför vt23` in lookup inside a new workspace do you still see an error

xg · Answer

I ll try that

xg · Answer

Nope not getting it in a clean new dendron workspace

xg · Answer

I have managed to create a small three markdownfiles dendron only workspace where this error occurs I have had issues with dropbox earlier so I am only doing local files since then Should I create an issue on github and attach the workspace or should I attach it to a message here

kevins8 · Answer

an issue would be great

kevins8 · Answer

something with dropbox i believe it normalizes all non ascii characters

xg · Answer

nevermind I just unzipped my zip file in another folder and the error has dissappeared

kevins8 · Answer

its most likely a dropbox issue see their naming recommendations https help dropbox com files folders sort preview file names i ve seen odd things happen in the sync when names fall outside of this convention

xg · Answer

everything now is local though issue also resolves if I make a copy of my workspace and open that instead everything local

kevins8 · Answer

ah got it misunderstood the dropbox comment from earlier do you switch between operating systems file systems

kevins8 · Answer

if you don t unzip zip does the error still show if so feel free to upload them individually to the issue

xg · Answer

only one OS if I manage to isolate and reproduce this consistantly I ll create an issue Thanks for your time