FlutterFlow keeps "forgetting" about a specific Custom Data Type

[carlosmachina]

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Current Behavior

In a project, apparently randomly, FlutterFlow just stops recognizing one of my Custom Data Types:

The debugger says the Type doesn't exist, but it does:

Now, renaming this data type:

Magically makes the errors go away:

Until something (I couldn't pin out what exactly - usually a local test run) makes the problem come back again:

(The above example occurred after my first interaction with my app in the test environment)

Changing the type name again (to anything):

Makes the error disappear again:

Expected Behavior

I expect that FlutterFlow doesn't forget about the Custom Data Types available in the solution and also would expect to not have random errors pop up without any intervention and go away by renaming things randomly.

Steps to Reproduce

1. In the affected project, open the project
2. Random errors pop up
3. Change the name of that specific Custom Data Type
4. Errors disappear
5. Run local test
6. (Maybe) Random error pop up again
7. Change the name of that specific Custom Data Type again (could be back to the original that was changed in step 3)
8. Random errors disappear again

Reproducible from Blank

• [ ] The steps to reproduce above start from a blank project.

Bug Report Code (Required)

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Visual documentation

The images were included in the bug description, since they are in sequence with the problem

Environment

- FlutterFlow version: FlutterFlow v5.0.9+ released October 25, 2024
- Platform: Web
- Browser name and version: Microsoft Edge Version 130.0.2849.56 (Official build) (64-bit)
- Operating system and version affected: Windows 11 Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.2161)

Additional Information

This issue started randomly in this project and is heavily affecting our ability to deliver functionality, since we now have the constant chore of going into the Custom Data Types to change the name back and forth just to be able to keep working on the project.

[Alezanello]

Hello!

Thanks for your report, So sorry you are experiencing this issue. I was not able to reproduce this on a blank project, but it is replicable on yours. That's why I'm suspecting this is a project-specific issue and our support team is our best chance to get it solved. Do you mind following up with them? You can do that either by email: support@flutterflow.io or using the in-app chat inside of FlutterFlow.

If you were able to reproduce this on a blank project as well, please let us know and provide the bug code of that project.

Thanks so much!

[aculebrasj]

Happening to me as well

[carlosmachina]

Happening to me as well

I've reached the support team as per @Alezanello instructions on Thursday (Oct/31), still waiting to hear from them. If they provide me with any meaningful information, I will update this issue.

[carlosmachina]

Happening to me as well

Unfortunately the support team sent the issue back to some tech teams and the SLA is currently Who Knows!?

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[aculebrasj]

It's crazy that this still isn't solved!

[tiagosilveiransj]

I'm facing the same issue, but I'm using a datatype that belongs to a project library.

[tiagosilveiransj]

On my case it seems to be an issue on FF Code Analyzer, since the intelissense is working. I checked the option to "Exclude from compilation" and everything works fine for now.