When attempting to read a mediator restart file, the mediator fails if it cannot find a field in the restart file which matches the first field in the component field bundle. This can occur when a user attempts to use a mediator restart file (start_type=continue) after adding a component when the component was not active when the restart file was written. In fact, the correct setting in this case is to use start_type=startup. However, an error message should be reported by the mediator in order to help the user diagnose what they are doing wrong in this case.
When attempting to read a mediator restart file, the mediator fails if it cannot find a field in the restart file which matches the first field in the component field bundle. This can occur when a user attempts to use a mediator restart file (
start_type=continue) after adding a component when the component was not active when the restart file was written. In fact, the correct setting in this case is to usestart_type=startup. However, an error message should be reported by the mediator in order to help the user diagnose what they are doing wrong in this case.