Uncaught Error: Cannot insert ... even after closing all containing nodes
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	Jdlrobson
	Aug 5 2020, 3:33 PM

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Appearing on Flow user talk pages as well as other pages. Error comes in different forms, for example it might be a mwHeading or a mwTable that cannot be inserted.

https://logstash.wikimedia.org/app/kibana#/doc/logstash-*/logstash-2020.08.05/clienterror?id=AXO9_q4d3_NNwgAUcXdD&_g=h@6ed7b0f

error

Error: Cannot insert mwHeading even after closing all containing nodes (at index 2)

trace

at closeElement  URL1:245:995
at VeDmDocument.ve.dm.Document.fixupInsertion  URL1:247:461
at VeDmDocument.ve.dm.Document.fixupInsertion  URL1:247:827
at Object.ve.dm.TransactionBuilder.static.newFromDocumentInsertion  URL1:123:752
at VeDmSurfaceFragment.ve.dm.SurfaceFragment.insertDocument  URL1:212:622
at VeCeSurface.ve.ce.Surface.afterPasteInsertExternalData  URL1:486:728
at VeCeSurface.ve.ce.Surface.afterPasteAddToFragmentFromExternal  URL1:486:215
at VeCeSurface.ve.ce.Surface.afterPaste  URL1:479:33
at URL1:474:859

URL1: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.visualEditor.base%2Ccore%2Cdiffing%2Cmediawiki%2Cmwcore%2Csanitize%2Cswitching%2Cwelcome%7Cext.visualEditor.core.utils&skin=vector&version=1c2m0

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Jdlrobson created this task.Aug 5 2020, 3:33 PM

Restricted Application added a project: Growth-Team. · View Herald TranscriptAug 5 2020, 3:33 PM

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Umherirrender added a project: JavaScript.Aug 5 2020, 10:06 PM

Krinkle moved this task from Untriaged to Aug 2020 on the Wikimedia-production-error board.Aug 26 2020, 7:01 PM

ppelberg added a project: Editing-team (Kanban Board).Aug 27 2020, 4:36 PM

ppelberg moved this task from To Triage to Triaged on the VisualEditor board.

ppelberg moved this task from Inbox to Upcoming on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.

This also occurred on https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:APaskulin_(WMF)/Sandbox/Data&action=edit so is not just Flow.
https://logstash.wikimedia.org/app/kibana#/doc/logstash-*/logstash-2020.09.01/clienterror?id=AXRKeboeNoG2jwpwtACH&_g=h@1251ff0

Esanders updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 11 2020, 12:00 PM

JTannerWMF removed projects: Editing-team (Kanban Board), JavaScript, VisualEditor, StructuredDiscussions, Growth-Team, Wikimedia-production-error.Oct 14 2020, 3:08 PM

JTannerWMF added projects: VisualEditor, Wikimedia-production-error, JavaScript, Editing-team (Tracking).Oct 14 2020, 3:14 PM

matmarex edited projects, added: StructuredDiscussions, Growth-Team, Editing-team (Kanban Board); removed: Editing-team (Tracking).Oct 14 2020, 3:30 PM

Jdlrobson renamed this task from Uncaught Error: Cannot insert mwHeading even after closing all containing nodes (at index 2) to Uncaught Error: Cannot insert (mwHeading, mwTable, paragraph) even after closing all containing nodes (at index <num>).Oct 14 2020, 6:55 PM

Jdlrobson updated the task description. (Show Details)

Jdlrobson renamed this task from Uncaught Error: Cannot insert (mwHeading, mwTable, paragraph) even after closing all containing nodes (at index <num>) to Uncaught Error: Cannot insert (mwHeading, mwTable, paragraph, mwTransclusionBlock) even after closing all containing nodes (at index <num>).Oct 15 2020, 3:36 PM

MBinder_WMF moved this task from Kanban Board to Next Quarter on the Editing-team board.Mar 17 2021, 10:17 PM

MBinder_WMF edited projects, added: Editing-team; removed: Editing-team (Kanban Board).

MBinder_WMF added a project: Growth-Team-Filtering.Apr 15 2021, 6:47 PM

Added an example of one (unchanged) error message exactly as logged.

Krinkle moved this task from Aug 2020 to Older on the Wikimedia-production-error board.Apr 11 2022, 8:03 PM

Urbanecm_WMF removed projects: Growth-Team-Filtering, Growth-Team.Oct 27 2025, 11:51 PM

Restricted Application changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Production Error". · View Herald TranscriptOct 27 2025, 11:51 PM

VPuffetMichel moved this task from Next Quarter to Backlog on the Editing-team board.Thu, Jul 16, 8:33 PM

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