{"record":{"id":"2c96861034841a82","repo":"zellij-org/zellij","slug":"failed-to-deserialize-layout","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to deserialize layout: {}","messagePattern":"Failed to deserialize layout: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"zellij-server/src/plugins/zellij_exports.rs","lineNumber":2965,"sourceCode":"    let error_msg = || format!(\"Failed to detach\");\n    apply_action!(action, error_msg, env);\n}\n\nfn switch_session(\n    env: &PluginEnv,\n    session_name: Option<String>,\n    tab_position: Option<usize>,\n    pane_id: Option<(u32, bool)>,\n    layout: Option<LayoutInfo>,\n    cwd: Option<PathBuf>,\n) -> Result<()> {\n    // pane_id is (id, is_plugin)\n    let err_context = || format!(\"Failed to switch session\");\n    if let Some(LayoutInfo::Stringified(stringified_layout)) = layout.as_ref() {\n        // we verify the stringified layout here to fail early rather than when parsing it at the\n        // session-switching phase\n        if let Err(e) = Layout::from_kdl(&stringified_layout, None, None, None) {\n            return Err(anyhow!(\"Failed to deserialize layout: {}\", e));\n        }\n    }\n\n    let (completion_tx, completion_rx) = oneshot::channel();\n\n    if session_name\n        .as_ref()\n        .map(|s| s.contains('/'))\n        .unwrap_or(false)\n    {\n        log::error!(\"Session names cannot contain \\'/\\'\");\n    } else {\n        let client_id = env.client_id;\n        let tab_position = tab_position.map(|p| p + 1); // ¯\\_()_/¯\n        let cwd = cwd\n            .map(|c| translate_plugin_path(env, c))\n            .or_else(|| Some(env.plugin_cwd.clone()));\n        let connect_to_session = ConnectToSession {","sourceCodeStart":2947,"sourceCodeEnd":2983,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/blob/5cb5df5cce4e16c5d1c57c7c062e4a90a7823c41/zellij-server/src/plugins/zellij_exports.rs#L2947-L2983","documentation":"Error \"Failed to deserialize layout: {}\" thrown in zellij-org/zellij.","triggerScenarios":"Occurs at zellij-server/src/plugins/zellij_exports.rs:2965 when the operation fails: \"Failed to deserialize layout: {}\". Currently there is no defensive handling preventing or contextualizing this failure before it surfaces.","commonSituations":"Typically version skew, corrupted data, or an unexpected payload shape.","solutions":["Check the attached error for the underlying serialization failure and fix the offending data.","Ensure plugin/wasm artifacts and zellij versions are compatible."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"5cb5df5cce4e16c5d1c57c7c062e4a90a7823c41","analyzedAt":"2026-08-19T07:42:58.758Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-19T07:42:58.758Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}