laurent22/joplin · error · Error

No folder with id ${id}

Error message

No folder with id ${id}

What it means

Thrown by goToFolder when Folder.load(id) returns null — no folder with the given id exists in the database. The helper navigates to the Notes route for a folder; navigation requires the folder to exist.

Source

Thrown at packages/app-mobile/commands/util/goToFolder.ts:6

import Folder from '@joplin/lib/models/Folder';
import NavService from '@joplin/lib/services/NavService';

const goToFolder = async (id: string) => {
	if (!(await Folder.load(id))) {
		throw new Error(`No folder with id ${id}`);
	}
	return NavService.go('Notes', { folderId: id });
};

export default goToFolder;

View on GitHub (pinned to 2654b33620)

Solutions

1. Sync to pull the latest folder set to this device.
2. Verify the id exists via Folder.load before navigating.
3. Remove or fix the stale folder link in its source note.
4. Catch the error and show a 'notebook not found' message instead of crashing.

Example fix

// before
if (!(await Folder.load(id))) {
  throw new Error(`No folder with id ${id}`);
}

// after — softer message with sync hint
if (!(await Folder.load(id))) {
  throw new Error(`No folder with id ${id}. It may have been deleted or not yet synced.`);
}

const folder = await Folder.load(id);
if (!folder) {
  // sync then retry, or inform user the notebook is gone
  await reg.syncAll();
  if (!(await Folder.load(id))) return;
}

function folderExists(folder: FolderEntity | null): folder is FolderEntity {
  return folder != null;
}

try {
  await goToFolder(id);
} catch (e) {
  if (e.message.startsWith('No folder with id')) {
    // sync, retry once; else show 'notebook not found'
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: goToFolder(id) is called (typically from openItemById after resolving a Folder link) and Folder.load(id) yields null. The `if (!(await Folder.load(id)))` guard throws.

Common situations: A link targets a notebook that was deleted; the folder has not synced to this device yet; the id is from another profile; a stale/edited link with a wrong id.

Related errors

• Item not found: ${itemId}
• Unable to scroll to hash -- no note open.
• No note with id ${id}
• Cannot move item with type ${itemType}
• Unsupported item type for links: ${item.type_}

AI-assisted analysis of laurent22/joplin@2654b33620 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6ad4d0c5d86d9e69. Report an issue: GitHub.