GoogleChrome/lighthouse · error · Error

${pluginName} has an invalid category tile.

Error message

${pluginName} has an invalid category tile.

What it means

Error "${pluginName} has an invalid category tile." thrown in GoogleChrome/lighthouse.

Source

Thrown at core/config/config-plugin.js:152

   */
  static _parseCategory(categoryJson, pluginName) {
    if (!isObjectOfUnknownProperties(categoryJson)) {
      throw new Error(`${pluginName} has no valid category.`);
    }

    const {
      title,
      description,
      manualDescription,
      auditRefs: auditRefsJson,
      supportedModes,
      ...invalidRest
    } = categoryJson;

    assertNoExcessProperties(invalidRest, pluginName, 'category');

    if (!i18n.isStringOrIcuMessage(title)) {
      throw new Error(`${pluginName} has an invalid category tile.`);
    }
    if (!i18n.isStringOrIcuMessage(description) && description !== undefined) {
      throw new Error(`${pluginName} has an invalid category description.`);
    }
    if (!i18n.isStringOrIcuMessage(manualDescription) && manualDescription !== undefined) {
      throw new Error(`${pluginName} has an invalid category manualDescription.`);
    }
    if (!isArrayOfGatherModes(supportedModes) && supportedModes !== undefined) {
      throw new Error(
        `${pluginName} supportedModes must be an array, ` +
        `valid array values are "navigation", "timespan", and "snapshot".`
      );
    }
    const auditRefs = ConfigPlugin._parseAuditRefsList(auditRefsJson, pluginName);

    return {
      title,
      auditRefs,

View on GitHub (pinned to 9515cd4e58)

Solutions

1. Set the plugin category `title` to a non-empty string.
2. Check that the title property is spelled correctly.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown when a plugin category is missing a valid title.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of GoogleChrome/lighthouse@9515cd4e58 (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/12230dacbf5d619e. Report an issue: GitHub.