{"record":{"id":"7764a6194089f43d","repo":"bevyengine/bevy","slug":"the-wrong-meta-type-was-passed-into-a-processor-t","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The wrong meta type was passed into a processor. This is probably an internal implementation error.","messagePattern":"The wrong meta type was passed into a processor\\. This is probably an internal implementation error\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ProcessError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/process.rs","lineNumber":169,"sourceCode":"    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.\n    #[error(\"Encountered an error while transforming the asset: {0}\")]\n    #[from(ignore)]\n    AssetTransformError(Box<dyn core::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>),\n    /// Assets without extensions are not supported.\n    #[error(\"Assets without extensions are not supported.\")]\n    ExtensionRequired,\n}\n\nimpl<Loader, Transformer, Saver> Process for LoadTransformAndSave<Loader, Transformer, Saver>\nwhere\n    Loader: AssetLoader,\n    Transformer: AssetTransformer<AssetInput = Loader::Asset>,","sourceCodeStart":151,"sourceCodeEnd":187,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/396ca727080776bd313bb892423b7d94e03b81b4/crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/process.rs#L151-L187","documentation":"ProcessError::WrongMetaType: the metadata object passed into the processor is not the concrete meta type the processor expects (e.g. a plain AssetMeta where processor-specific meta is required). This indicates a bug in Bevy's internals or a processor implementation mismatch, not user configuration.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/process.rs:169 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Report the issue to the Bevy repository with a reproduction","Verify a custom processor's get_meta_type implementation matches the meta it downcasts to"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"type-guard","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":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}