Bug: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'format')

[devinat1]

On a new install of longform, I am getting the following error: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'format')

Full error:

Debug info: SYSTEM INFO: Obsidian version: v1.5.3 Installer version: v1.4.16 Operating system: Windows 10 Home 10.0.23606 Login status: logged in Catalyst license: none Insider build toggle: off Live preview: on Base theme: dark Community theme: Minimal v7.4.6 Snippets enabled: 0 Restricted mode: off Plugins installed: 45 Plugins enabled: 33 1: Admonition v10.1.1 2: Calendar v1.5.10 3: Custom Frames v2.4.6 4: Dataview v0.5.64 5: Dice Roller v10.4.0 6: Editor Syntax Highlight v0.1.3 7: Excalidraw v2.0.12 8: Google Photos v1.6.5 9: Hider v1.3.1 10: Homepage v3.6.0 11: Image Toolkit v1.4.1 12: LanguageTool Integration v0.3.6 13: Linter v1.22.0 14: Minimal Theme Settings v7.3.1 15: Note Refactor v1.8.2 16: Obsidian_to_Anki v3.4.2 17: Paste URL into selection v1.7.0 18: Plugin Update Tracker v1.5.2 19: Quick Switcher++ v3.3.9 20: QuickAdd v1.6.1 21: Readwise Official v2.0.1 22: Recent Files v1.3.8 23: Settings Search v1.3.10 24: Templater v2.0.0 25: Text Extractor v0.4.10 26: Todoist Plugin v1.11.1 27: ExcaliBrain v0.2.11 28: DB Folder v3.5.0 29: Zotero Integration v3.1.2 30: Citations v0.4.5 31: Pandoc Reference List v2.0.24 32: Pandoc Plugin v0.4.1 33: Longform v2.0.4

[kevboh]

@devinat1 can you either paste here or email me (kb@kevinbarrett.org) your index file? It is likely malformed.

[devinat1]

@devinat1 can you either paste here or email me (kb@kevinbarrett.org) your index file? It is likely malformed.

How do I find the index file?

[kevboh]

@devinat1 it's the file in your longform project typically called something like Index.md that has a longform property with a bunch of YAML in it.

[kevboh]

Could you test with 2.0.6 and let me know if this is still happening?

[devinat1]

Still the same issue:

app.js:1 TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'format')
    at Object.checkCallback (plugin:longform:36961:26)
    at app.js:1:1773636
    at Array.filter (<anonymous>)
    at e.listCommands (app.js:1:1773574)
    at e.getCommands (app.js:1:2372097)
    at t.getItems (app.js:1:2373140)
    at t.getSuggestions (app.js:1:1533151)
    at t.updateSuggestions (app.js:1:1532414)
    at t.onOpen (app.js:1:1532256)
    at t.onOpen (app.js:1:2372955)
    at e.open (app.js:1:1425669)
    at e.onOpen (app.js:1:2372027)
    at Oq (app.js:1:1772390)
    at e.executeCommand (app.js:1:1773923)
    at e.eval (plugin:obsidian-kanban:77:14406)
    at e.o [as executeCommand] (plugin:obsidian-kanban:23:77313)
    at e.onTrigger (app.js:1:1145316)
    at e.handleKey (app.js:1:743120)
    at e.handleKey (app.js:1:743233)
    at t.handleKey (app.js:1:743442)
    at e.onKeyEvent (app.js:1:744376)

[devinat1]

This happens without an index file being generated (so even if I have no longform project created)

[kevboh]

Oh weird, this is coming from kanban. Okay, good to know, will look into it.

[kevboh]

When does this happen? Are you doing anything in kanban when you see it?

[devinat1]

Nope I am doing nothing with kanban.

[devinat1]

It happens randomly as I am using obsidian regularly, regardless of what I am doing.

[kevboh]

You do have kanban installed, though?

[devinat1]

Yes it is installed, but I wasn't actively using it together with longform.

[kevboh]

I think I figured this out. It should be fixed in the next release. In the meantime I don't think the error will actually affect functionality, but let me know if you notice anything aside from the error in the console.