New action creation fails in rasa interactive

[tayfun]

h3. Rasa Open Source version

2.8.12

h3. Rasa SDK version

No response

h3. Rasa X version

No response

h3. Python version

3.8

h3. What operating system are you using?

OSX

h3. What happened?

A new action creation in rasa interactive fails with errors:

? What is the next action of the bot?

? Please type the action name: utter_uk ? Please type the message for your new bot response 'utter_uk': London is in the UK. Thanks! The bot will now run utter_uk. 2021-10-25 16:54:44 DEBUG rasa.core.lock_store - Issuing ticket for conversation '63f3066b6866454ca6d9f2a1d3abe23b'. 2021-10-25 16:54:44 DEBUG rasa.core.lock_store - Acquiring lock for conversation '63f3066b6866454ca6d9f2a1d3abe23b'. 2021-10-25 16:54:44 DEBUG rasa.core.lock_store - Acquired lock for conversation '63f3066b6866454ca6d9f2a1d3abe23b'. 2021-10-25 16:54:44 DEBUG rasa.core.tracker_store - Recreating tracker for id '63f3066b6866454ca6d9f2a1d3abe23b' 2021-10-25 16:54:44 DEBUG rasa.core.lock_store - Deleted lock for conversation '63f3066b6866454ca6d9f2a1d3abe23b'. 2021-10-25 16:54:44 DEBUG rasa.server - Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/shared/core/domain.py", line 932, in index_for_action return self.action_names_or_texts.index(action_name) ValueError: 'utter_uk' is not in list During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/server.py", line 902, in execute_action await app.agent.execute_action( File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/agent.py", line 610, in execute_action prediction = PolicyPrediction.for_action_name( File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/policies/policy.py", line 554, in for_action_name probabilities = confidence_scores_for(action_name, confidence, domain) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/policies/policy.py", line 619, in confidence_scores_for idx = domain.index_for_action(action_name) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/shared/core/domain.py", line 934, in index_for_action self.raise_action_not_found_exception(action_name) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/shared/core/domain.py", line 948, in raise_action_not_found_exception raise ActionNotFoundException( rasa.shared.core.domain.ActionNotFoundException: Cannot access action 'utter_uk', as that name is not a registered action for this domain. Subsequently when you exit the interactive shell, you'll find that domain file cannot be exported to yaml file: 2021-10-25 16:55:04 ERROR rasa.core.training.interactive - An exception occurred while recording messages. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/training/interactive.py", line 1516, in record_messages await _enter_user_message(conversation_id, endpoint) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/training/interactive.py", line 1354, in _enter_user_message message = await _ask_questions(question, conversation_id, endpoint, lambda a: not a) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/training/interactive.py", line 325, in _ask_questions should_retry = await _ask_if_quit(conversation_id, endpoint) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/training/interactive.py", line 651, in _ask_if_quit await _write_data_to_file(conversation_id, endpoint) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/training/interactive.py", line 628, in _write_data_to_file _retry_on_error(_write_domain_to_file, domain_path, events, domain) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/training/interactive.py", line 605, in _retry_on_error return func(export_path, *args, **kwargs) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/core/training/interactive.py", line 959, in _write_domain_to_file old_domain.merge(new_domain).persist_clean(domain_path) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/shared/core/domain.py", line 1569, in persist_clean as_yaml = self.as_yaml(clean_before_dump=True) File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/shared/core/domain.py", line 1594, in as_yaml domain_data[KEY_RESPONSES] = self.get_responses_with_multilines( File "/Users/tayfun/w/rasa/rasa/shared/core/domain.py", line 1440, in get_responses_with_multilines response_text = example.get(KEY_RESPONSES_TEXT, "") AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'get' h3. Command / Request No response h3. Relevant log output No response

[sara-tagger]

Thanks for the issue, @akelad will get back to you about it soon!

You may find help in the docs and the forum, too 🤗

[TyDunn]

@tayfun can this be closed?

[tayfun]

@TyDunn Not yet, I mentioned it in the other ticket (for intents, this one for actions) because this is also in rasa interactive, but I haven't started working on this one yet.

[indam23]

This does work for new custom actions on main/3.0.0rc2 for the record. However, there is this misleading log which looks like an error until you read carefully:

2021-11-15 21:25:21 ERROR    rasa.server  - An unexpected error occurred. Error: Cannot access action 'action_help', as that name is not a registered action for this domain. Available actions are: 
         - action_listen
         - action_restart
         - action_session_start
         - action_default_fallback
         - action_deactivate_loop
         - action_revert_fallback_events
         - action_default_ask_affirmation
         - action_default_ask_rephrase
         - action_two_stage_fallback
         - action_unlikely_intent
         - action_back
         - ...
         - action_extract_slots
         - utter_cheer_up
         - utter_did_that_help
         - utter_goodbye
         - utter_greet
         - utter_happy
         - utter_iamabot
? WARNING: You have created a new action: 'action_help', which was not successfully executed. If this action does not return any events, you do not need to do anything. If this is a custom action which returns events, you are recommended to implement th
is action in your action server and try again. Yes     

Should I create a separate issue for this or is it part of this one?

For new responses (utter_ actions), the same error as @tayfun reported above occurs in 3.0.0rc2