(Bug report) Somehow managed to bork my Trilium instance by placing a null somewhere where it shouldn't be

[agentydragon]

Trilium Version

unknown

What operating system are you using?

macOS

What is your setup?

Local + server sync

Operating System Version

Mac OS

Description

I've been playing with the backend & frontend API and I think I created a note or some other model with a null somewhere where an object would have been expected. last thing I saw were errors complaining about calling, I believe, toLowerCase on a null, and now my Trilium is a dead white screen:

I guess the backend API could use some validation/hardening somewhere. Would appreciate help recovering the db. (I sure hope it didn't sync the bad data...)

[agentydragon]

dead white screen as in the trilium frontend doesn't load at all, app is now unusable:

[DynamoFox]

You can try to run Trilium in safe-mode, look for trilium-safe-mode.sh script in your installation and then you should be able to find and remove the guilty note(s).
Running Trilium in safe-mode disables user scripting and in the future will prompt Electron to use software rendering too.

[agentydragon]

Thanks, I'll try - although iirc the crash was somewhere in tree.js which doesn't sound like the sort of thing that safe mode will disable

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On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 01:26 DynamoFox ***@***.***> wrote: You can try to run Trilium in safe-mode, look for trilium-safe-mode.sh script in your installation and then you should be able to find and remove the guilty note(s). Running Trilium in safe-mode disables user scripting and in the future will prompt Electron to use software rendering too. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3089 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAFORDE6VCHCYAWYEUBLBB3V24U5DANCNFSM57RCWDHQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[zadam]

If the safe mode doesn't help, please post here the exception from the backend log (~/trilium-data/log/...), since the request errored out with 500

[agentydragon]

here's the tail of my backend log:

16:21:22.131 200 GET /api/backend-log with 329282 bytes took 9ms
16:21:33.337 Sending message to all clients: {"type":"sync-push-in-progress","lastSyncedPush":62752}
16:21:33.338 Sync GmZu24Hjwu: Pushing 5 sync changes in 170ms
16:21:33.339 Nothing to push
16:21:33.657 Finished pull
16:21:33.657 Nothing to push
16:21:34.707 Slow query took 109ms: SELECT entityName, entityId, hash FROM entity_changes WHERE isSynced = 1 AND entityName != 'note_reordering'
16:21:34.777 Content hash computation took 179ms
16:21:34.779 Content hash checks PASSED
16:21:34.780 Sending message to all clients: {"type":"sync-finished","lastSyncedPush":62760}
16:21:37.466 JS Error: Encountered error Process exceeded time limit 30000: Error: Process exceeded time limit 30000
    at Object.timeLimit (http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:94133)
    at http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:101734
    at http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:102408
    at WebSocket.T (http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:102436), reloading frontend.
Stack: Error
    at N (http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:100894)
    at http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:101763
    at async http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:102411
    at async WebSocket.T (http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:101308)
16:21:37.519 Generated CSRF token ovXnIzwC-WMbg3bO_mmapmAVrBvIipWN1oAk with secret undefined
16:21:37.832 200 GET /api/options with 6732 bytes took 1ms
16:21:37.854 ERROR: get /api/tree threw exception: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'attributeId')
    at getNotesAndBranchesAndAttributes (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/api/tree.js:101:36)
    at getTree (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/api/tree.js:144:12)
    at Function.cb (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/routes.js:159:34)
    at Function.sqliteTransaction (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/methods/transaction.js:65:24)
    at Object.transactional (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/services/sql.js:236:52)
    at /Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/routes.js:161:44
    at /Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:118:13
    at Namespace.run (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:97:5)
    at Namespace.runAndReturn (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:117:8)
    at Object.init (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/services/cls.js:5:22)
16:21:37.854 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'status')
16:21:37.856 200 GET /api/keyboard-actions with 11940 bytes took 1ms
16:21:37.856 200 GET /api/keyboard-shortcuts-for-notes with 2 bytes took 0ms
16:21:37.864 200 GET /api/script/widgets with 9494 bytes took 0ms
16:21:39.256 304 GET /api/clipper/handshake with 45 bytes took 0ms
16:22:07.045 JS Error: Uncaught error: Message: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'activeNtxId'), URL: http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js, Line: 2, Column: 47555, Error object: {}, Stack: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'activeNtxId')
    at http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:47555
    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:90578)
    at HTMLDocument.handleObj.handler (http://127.0.0.1:37840/libraries/jquery.hotkeys.js:183:30)
    at HTMLDocument.dispatch (http://127.0.0.1:37840/libraries/jquery.min.js:2:43064)
    at HTMLDocument.v.handle (http://127.0.0.1:37840/libraries/jquery.min.js:2:41048)
Stack: Error
    at Object.N [as logError] (http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:100894)
    at Hn.window.onerror (http://127.0.0.1:37840/app-dist/desktop.js:2:529664)
16:22:07.119 Generated CSRF token RQSlll7q-5NYrK_vt551c7MzqX82cVqR3bxI with secret undefined
16:22:07.397 200 GET /api/options with 6732 bytes took 1ms
16:22:07.418 ERROR: get /api/tree threw exception: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'attributeId')
    at getNotesAndBranchesAndAttributes (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/api/tree.js:101:36)
    at getTree (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/api/tree.js:144:12)
    at Function.cb (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/routes.js:159:34)
    at Function.sqliteTransaction (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/methods/transaction.js:65:24)
    at Object.transactional (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/services/sql.js:236:52)
    at /Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/routes.js:161:44
    at /Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:118:13
    at Namespace.run (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:97:5)
    at Namespace.runAndReturn (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:117:8)
    at Object.init (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/services/cls.js:5:22)
16:22:07.421 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'status')
16:22:07.424 200 GET /api/keyboard-actions with 11940 bytes took 1ms
16:22:07.425 200 GET /api/keyboard-shortcuts-for-notes with 2 bytes took 0ms
16:22:07.426 200 GET /api/script/widgets with 9494 bytes took 1ms
16:22:11.438 Generated CSRF token xPMGi1v8-mAvQkRIDMvOzzIw9NbUDZ0cMiac with secret undefined
16:22:11.696 200 GET /api/options with 6732 bytes took 1ms
16:22:11.709 ERROR: get /api/tree threw exception: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'attributeId')
    at getNotesAndBranchesAndAttributes (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/api/tree.js:101:36)
    at getTree (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/api/tree.js:144:12)
    at Function.cb (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/routes.js:159:34)
    at Function.sqliteTransaction (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/methods/transaction.js:65:24)
    at Object.transactional (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/services/sql.js:236:52)
    at /Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/routes/routes.js:161:44
    at /Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:118:13
    at Namespace.run (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:97:5)
    at Namespace.runAndReturn (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/cls-hooked/context.js:117:8)
    at Object.init (/Applications/Trilium Notes.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/services/cls.js:5:22)
16:22:11.709 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'status')
16:22:11.711 200 GET /api/keyboard-actions with 11940 bytes took 1ms
16:22:11.711 200 GET /api/keyboard-shortcuts-for-notes with 2 bytes took 0ms
16:22:11.712 200 GET /api/script/widgets with 9494 bytes took 0ms
16:22:33.244 Nothing to push
16:22:33.582 Finished pull
16:22:33.583 Nothing to push
16:22:34.505 Slow query took 92ms: SELECT entityName, entityId, hash FROM entity_changes WHERE isSynced = 1 AND entityName != 'note_reordering'
16:22:34.582 Content hash computation took 169ms
16:22:34.585 Content hash checks PASSED
16:22:34.586 Sending message to all clients: {"type":"sync-finished","lastSyncedPush":62760}

[zadam]

Thanks, stacktrace helps, even though I don't know what exactly went wrong. You can try 0.54.3, this particular error should go away

[agentydragon]

nice, thanks, Trilium loads now. I'll come back if there's more errors.