{"record":{"id":"26db15a47925da44","repo":"bevyengine/bevy","slug":"failed-to-read-asset-metadata-for-path-err","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to read asset metadata for {path}: {err}","messagePattern":"Failed to read asset metadata for (.+?): (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ProcessError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/process.rs","lineNumber":157,"sourceCode":"    AssetReaderError {\n        path: AssetPath<'static>,\n        err: AssetReaderError,\n    },\n    /// Encountered an [`AssetWriterError`] for this path.\n    #[error(\"Encountered an AssetWriter error for '{path}': {err}\")]\n    #[from(ignore)]\n    AssetWriterError {\n        path: AssetPath<'static>,\n        err: AssetWriterError,\n    },\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    MissingAssetWriterError(#[from] MissingAssetWriterError),\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    MissingProcessedAssetReaderError(#[from] MissingProcessedAssetReaderError),\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    MissingProcessedAssetWriterError(#[from] MissingProcessedAssetWriterError),\n    /// Encountered an [`AssetReaderError`] when reading the asset metadata for this path.\n    #[error(\"Failed to read asset metadata for {path}: {err}\")]\n    #[from(ignore)]\n    ReadAssetMetaError {\n        path: AssetPath<'static>,\n        err: AssetReaderError,\n    },\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    DeserializeMetaError(#[from] DeserializeMetaError),\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    AssetLoadError(#[from] AssetLoadError),\n    /// The wrong meta type was passed into a processor.\n    /// This is probably an internal implementation error.\n    #[error(\"The wrong meta type was passed into a processor. This is probably an internal implementation error.\")]\n    WrongMetaType,\n    /// Encountered an error while saving the asset.\n    #[error(\"Encountered an error while saving the asset: {0}\")]\n    #[from(ignore)]\n    AssetSaveError(BevyError),\n    /// Encountered an error while transforming the asset.","sourceCodeStart":139,"sourceCodeEnd":175,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/396ca727080776bd313bb892423b7d94e03b81b4/crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/process.rs#L139-L175","documentation":"ProcessError::ReadAssetMetaError: reading the asset's .meta file at the given path failed with an AssetReaderError, so required processing metadata (processor settings, asset handle information) could not be loaded.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/process.rs:157 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Ensure the .meta file exists and is readable","Delete the stale .meta file so it is regenerated","Check the inner AssetReaderError for the underlying IO cause"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"396ca727080776bd313bb892423b7d94e03b81b4","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T16:12:39.808Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-20T16:12:39.808Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T00:17:10.932Z"}