{"record":{"id":"45f4387a2e669e24","repo":"DioxusLabs/dioxus","slug":"couldn-t-retrieve-cargo-metadata","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Couldn't retrieve cargo metadata: {:?}","messagePattern":"Couldn't retrieve cargo metadata: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"packages/cli/src/cli/create.rs","lineNumber":155,"sourceCode":"        .file_name()\n        .context(\"Current path does not include directory name\".to_string())?\n        .to_str()\n        .context(\"Current directory name is not a valid UTF-8 string\".to_string())?\n        .to_string())\n}\n\n/// Post-creation actions for newly setup crates.\npub(crate) fn post_create(path: &Path, vcs: &Vcs) -> Result<()> {\n    let metadata = if let Some(parent_dir) = path.parent() {\n        match cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new()\n            .current_dir(parent_dir)\n            .exec()\n        {\n            Ok(v) => Some(v),\n            // Only 1 error means that CWD isn't a cargo project.\n            Err(cargo_metadata::Error::CargoMetadata { .. }) => None,\n            Err(err) => {\n                anyhow::bail!(\"Couldn't retrieve cargo metadata: {:?}\", err)\n            }\n        }\n    } else {\n        None\n    };\n\n    // 1. Add the new project to the workspace, if it exists.\n    //    This must be executed first in order to run `cargo fmt` on the new project.\n    let is_workspace = metadata.is_some();\n    metadata.and_then(|metadata| {\n        let cargo_toml_path = &metadata.workspace_root.join(\"Cargo.toml\");\n        let cargo_toml_str = std::fs::read_to_string(cargo_toml_path).ok()?;\n        let relative_path = path.strip_prefix(metadata.workspace_root).ok()?;\n\n        let mut cargo_toml: toml_edit::DocumentMut = cargo_toml_str.parse().ok()?;\n        cargo_toml\n            .get_mut(\"workspace\")?\n            .get_mut(\"members\")?","sourceCodeStart":137,"sourceCodeEnd":173,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/DioxusLabs/dioxus/blob/393d190a801ccb441d41923e232289b4f8a5c669/packages/cli/src/cli/create.rs#L137-L173","documentation":"After dx create, post_create runs cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand in the new project's parent directory to detect an enclosing cargo workspace. A cargo_metadata::Error::CargoMetadata variant (parent is not a cargo project) is deliberately ignored, but every other failure — cargo missing from PATH, cargo failing to run, or a broken workspace manifest — bails with this message.","triggerScenarios":"dx create inside a directory whose parent chain contains a Cargo.toml that cargo metadata cannot process (invalid TOML, unresolvable workspace members, bad path deps), or an environment where the cargo binary itself cannot execute.","commonSituations":"Scaffolding a new crate into an existing workspace with a syntax error in the root manifest; minimal CI containers without cargo on PATH; proxies breaking git-dependency resolution during metadata collection.","solutions":["Run cargo metadata in the parent directory yourself to see cargo's real error and fix the offending manifest","Repair or remove the invalid parent/root Cargo.toml (workspace members list, invalid syntax)","Verify cargo is installed and on PATH for the shell that runs dx (cargo --version)","Create the project in a clean directory outside the broken workspace, then move it in afterwards"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"# Verify the parent workspace is healthy before scaffolding into it\n(cd \"$(dirname \"$TARGET_DIR\")\" && cargo metadata --no-deps > /dev/null) || echo 'parent cargo metadata broken — fix before dx create'","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Run cargo metadata in the target parent directory before dx create","Keep workspace root manifests valid (syntax and members list)","Ensure cargo is on PATH in the shell that launches dx"],"tags":["cli","create","cargo-metadata","workspace"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"393d190a801ccb441d41923e232289b4f8a5c669","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T11:27:45.815Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T13:17:31.715Z"}