{"record":{"id":"1ba62778570044e2","repo":"dgraph-io/dgraph","slug":"remote-schema-doesn-t-have-any-type-named-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"remote schema doesn't have any type named %s.","messagePattern":"remote schema doesn't have any type named (.+?)\\.","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"graphql/schema/remote.go","lineNumber":348,"sourceCode":"\n\tif !metadata.isBatch {\n\t\t// check whether args of given query/mutation match the args of remote query/mutation\n\t\terr = matchArgSignature(&argMatchingMetadata{\n\t\t\tgivenArgVals:  givenQryArgVals,\n\t\t\tgivenVarTypes: givenQryVarTypes,\n\t\t\tremoteArgMd:   remoteQryArgMetadata,\n\t\t\tremoteTypes:   remoteTypes,\n\t\t\tgivenQryName:  &givenQuery.Name,\n\t\t\toperationType: &operationType,\n\t\t\tschema:        metadata.schema,\n\t\t})\n\t}\n\n\treturn err\n}\n\nfunc missingRemoteTypeError(typName string) error {\n\treturn errors.Errorf(\"remote schema doesn't have any type named %s.\", typName)\n}\n\nfunc matchDeepTypes(remoteType *gqlType, remoteTypes map[string]*types,\n\tlocalSchema *ast.Schema) error {\n\t_, err := expandType(remoteType, remoteTypes)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\treturn matchRemoteTypes(localSchema, remoteTypes)\n}\n\nfunc matchRemoteTypes(schema *ast.Schema, remoteTypes map[string]*types) error {\n\tfor typeName, def := range schema.Types {\n\t\torigTyp := schema.Types[typeName]\n\t\tremoteDir := origTyp.Directives.ForName(remoteDirective)\n\t\tif remoteDir != nil {\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\tremoteType, ok := remoteTypes[def.Name]","sourceCodeStart":330,"sourceCodeEnd":366,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/blob/759e242be62c91f8d084da06ad0c8d21256d9c07/graphql/schema/remote.go#L330-L366","documentation":"missingRemoteTypeError builds the standard error raised whenever a type name referenced during remote-schema validation (argument types, nested return types, expanded types) cannot be found in the introspected remote schema's type map. It is used by validateRemoteGraphql and matchArgSignature via expandType/matchDeepTypes.","triggerScenarios":"During deep type matching, a named type referenced by a remote field's type or a remote argument is absent from remoteIntrospection.Data.Schema.Types, so remoteTypes[name] lookup fails and missingRemoteTypeError(name) is returned (graphql/schema/remote.go:348).","commonSituations":"Remote schema deprecated and removed a type still referenced locally; introspection result truncated (some servers omit builtin/scalar types); pointing at an older API version missing newly added types.","solutions":["Re-run introspection against the current remote endpoint and confirm the type exists in the schema.","Update local config/SDL to stop referencing the removed/renamed remote type.","If the type is defined but not introspected, check the remote server's introspection settings (e.g. disabled introspection or filtered SDL)."],"exampleFix":"// before\ninput UserFilter { role: UserRole }\n// UserRole no longer exists remotely; after — use an existing remote type\ninput UserFilter { role: String }","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"const typeNames = new Set(introspection.__schema.types.map(t => t.name))\nfor (const ref of referencedTypes) if (!typeNames.has(ref)) throw new Error(`type ${ref} missing from remote schema`)","typeGuard":"function remoteHasType(introspection, name) { return introspection?.__schema?.types?.some(t => t.name === name) ?? false }","tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Re-introspect after every remote schema change and diff against referenced types","Ensure remote introspection is enabled and returns all types","Track remote API deprecations to anticipate type removals"],"tags":["graphql","remote-schema","missing-type","introspection"],"backgroundTag":"type-not-in-remote-schema","analyzedSha":"759e242be62c91f8d084da06ad0c8d21256d9c07","analyzedAt":"2026-09-01T14:42:12.034Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}