gatsbyjs/gatsby · error

Failed to process search and replace string in ${node.__type

Error message

Failed to process search and replace string in ${node.__typename} ${node.id}

What it means

Warns that a searchAndReplace entry from plugin options failed when applied to the node's serialized string. The search pattern is compiled as a RegExp and the replacement run inside try/catch; a malformed regex or invalid replacement pattern makes it throw, and the node keeps its unmodified string.

Source

Thrown at packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/steps/source-nodes/create-nodes/process-node.js:913

export const searchAndReplaceNodeStrings = ({
  nodeString,
  node,
  pluginOptions,
}) => {
  if (Array.isArray(pluginOptions?.searchAndReplace)) {
    pluginOptions.searchAndReplace.forEach(({ search, replace }) => {
      const searchRegex = new RegExp(search, `g`)

      const stringMatches = execall(searchRegex, nodeString)

      if (stringMatches.length) {
        stringMatches.forEach(({ match }) => {
          if (match) {
            try {
              nodeString = nodeString.replace(search, replace)
            } catch (e) {
              console.error(e)
              console.warn(
                formatLogMessage(
                  `Failed to process search and replace string in ${node.__typename} ${node.id}`
                )
              )
            }
          }
        })
      }
    })
  }

  return nodeString
}

const processNodeString = async ({
  nodeString,
  node,
  pluginOptions,

View on GitHub (pinned to e85d62f177)

Solutions

1. Fix the invalid entries in pluginOptions.searchAndReplace (bad regex in the `search` string)
2. Test each `search` value with new RegExp() before configuring it

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/steps/source-nodes/create-nodes/process-node.js:913 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of gatsbyjs/gatsby@e85d62f177 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e992f47cae26c5e0. Report an issue: GitHub.