{"record":{"id":"5fcd41f99447a3a0","repo":"bevyengine/bevy","slug":"encountered-an-io-error-while-loading-asset-at","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Encountered an io error while loading asset at `{}`: {source}","messagePattern":"Encountered an io error while loading asset at `(.+?)`: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ReadAssetBytesError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/bevy_asset/src/loader.rs","lineNumber":712,"sourceCode":"        self.load_builder().load(path)\n    }\n}\n\n/// An error produced when calling [`LoadContext::read_asset_bytes`]\n#[derive(Error, Debug)]\npub enum ReadAssetBytesError {\n    #[error(\"Attempted to load an asset with an empty path \\\"{0}\\\"\")]\n    EmptyPath(AssetPath<'static>),\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    DeserializeMetaError(#[from] DeserializeMetaError),\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    AssetReaderError(#[from] AssetReaderError),\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    MissingAssetSourceError(#[from] MissingAssetSourceError),\n    #[error(transparent)]\n    MissingProcessedAssetReaderError(#[from] MissingProcessedAssetReaderError),\n    /// Encountered an I/O error while loading an asset.\n    #[error(\"Encountered an io error while loading asset at `{}`: {source}\", path.display())]\n    Io {\n        path: PathBuf,\n        source: std::io::Error,\n    },\n    #[error(\"The LoadContext for this read_asset_bytes call requires hash metadata, but it was not provided. This is likely an internal implementation error.\")]\n    MissingAssetHash,\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":694,"sourceCodeEnd":720,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/396ca727080776bd313bb892423b7d94e03b81b4/crates/bevy_asset/src/loader.rs#L694-L720","documentation":"ReadAssetBytesError::Io: an I/O error occurred while LoadContext::read_asset_bytes was reading the asset (or its dependency) bytes from the source. The wrapped source error identifies the low-level failure at the given asset path.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/bevy_asset/src/loader.rs:712 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect the `source` io error for the concrete cause","Verify the asset file is readable and not locked/removed mid-load","Retry the load: transient read failures can succeed on a later attempt"],"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"}