phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

The application search engine "%s" is unknown.

Error message

The application search engine "%s" is unknown.

What it means

Error "The application search engine "%s" is unknown." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardQueryPanelType.php:195

      ->setIcon('fa-search');

    $button = id(new PHUIButtonView())
      ->setTag('a')
      ->setText(pht('View All'))
      ->setIcon($icon)
      ->setHref($href)
      ->setColor(PHUIButtonView::GREY);

    $header->addActionLink($button);

    return $header;
  }

  private function getSearchEngine(PhabricatorDashboardPanel $panel) {
    $class = $panel->getProperty('class');
    $engine = PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine::getEngineByClassName($class);
    if (!$engine) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'The application search engine "%s" is unknown.',
          $class));
    }

    if (!$engine->canUseInPanelContext()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Application search engines of class "%s" can not be used to build '.
          'dashboard panels.',
          $class));
    }

    return $engine;
  }

  public function newHeaderEditActions(
    PhabricatorDashboardPanel $panel,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardQueryPanelType.php:195 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fa138edfb2ffba0a. Report an issue: GitHub.