bevyengine/bevy · error

Processed assets were in a bad state. To correct this, the a

Error message

Processed assets were in a bad state. To correct this, the asset processor attempted to remove all processed assets and start from scratch. This failed. There is no way to continue. Try restarting, or deleting imported asset folder manually. {err}

What it means

Error "Processed assets were in a bad state. To correct this, the asset processor attempted to remove all processed assets and start from scratch. This failed. There is no way to continue. Try restarting, or deleting imported asset folder manually. {err}" thrown in bevyengine/bevy.

Source

Thrown at crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/mod.rs:1329

                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    state_is_valid
                }
            };

            if !state_is_valid {
                error!("Processed asset transaction log state was invalid and unrecoverable for some reason (see previous logs). Removing processed assets and starting fresh.");
                for source in self.sources().iter_processed() {
                    let Ok(processed_writer) = source.processed_writer() else {
                        continue;
                    };
                    if let Err(err) = processed_writer
                        .remove_assets_in_directory(Path::new(""))
                        .await
                    {
                        panic!("Processed assets were in a bad state. To correct this, the asset processor attempted to remove all processed assets and start from scratch. This failed. There is no way to continue. Try restarting, or deleting imported asset folder manually. {err}");
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        let mut log = self.data.log.write().await;
        *log = match log_factory.create_new_log().await {
            Ok(log) => Some(log),
            Err(err) => panic!("Failed to initialize asset processor log. This cannot be recovered. Try restarting. If that doesn't work, try deleting processed asset folder. {}", err),
        };
    }
}

impl AssetProcessorData {
    /// Initializes a new [`AssetProcessorData`] using the given [`AssetSources`].
    pub(crate) fn new(sources: Arc<AssetSources>, processing_state: Arc<ProcessingState>) -> Self {
        AssetProcessorData {
            processing_state,
            sources,

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Solutions

1. Restart the app/processor so recovery runs again
2. Manually delete the imported (processed) assets folder and re-run processing
3. Check file permissions and disk health on the processed asset directory

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/bevy_asset/src/processor/mod.rs:1329 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of bevyengine/bevy@396ca72708 (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/03d8d09f6f74a75c. Report an issue: GitHub.