siyuan-note/siyuan · error

new item template field

Error message

new item template field [%s] current time mode requires date type

What it means

The NewItemFieldValueCurrentTime mode is only meaningful for date-typed fields. When a field value uses the current-time mode on a key whose Type is not KeyTypeDate, normalizeNewItemTemplateFieldValues rejects the configuration. The current-time mode injects the creation timestamp, which requires a date field to store it.

Solutions

1. Switch the field value's Mode to NewItemFieldValueStatic for non-date fields
2. Change the target key to a date-typed field before using NewItemFieldValueCurrentTime
3. Remove the FieldValues entry if neither applies

Example fix

// before
fv.Mode = av.NewItemFieldValueCurrentTime // key is text
// after
if key.Type == av.KeyTypeDate {
	fv.Mode = av.NewItemFieldValueCurrentTime
} else {
	fv.Mode = av.NewItemFieldValueStatic
}

key, err := av.GetKey(keyID)
if err == nil && fv.Mode == av.NewItemFieldValueCurrentTime && key.Type != av.KeyTypeDate {
	fv.Mode = av.NewItemFieldValueStatic
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling SetNewItemTemplates with FieldValues[keyID].Mode = NewItemFieldValueCurrentTime where the referenced key's Type is not KeyTypeDate (e.g. a text or number field).

Common situations: Selecting 'current time' fill mode for a non-date field in a plugin UI; a field's type changed from date to text after the template was saved; copying a field-value config to a differently-typed field.

Understand the failure class

Background: "Invalid value" and "allowed values are" config errors: what your library rejected and how to fix it — this error's family across 41 libraries.

Related errors

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AI-assisted analysis of siyuan-note/siyuan@9f775e8a12 (2026-09-19). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0efcecef1d5123d1. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at kernel/av/new_item_template.go:325

	fieldValues := map[string]*NewItemFieldValue{}
	for keyID, fieldValue := range itemTemplate.FieldValues {
		key, err := av.GetKey(keyID)
		if nil != err || nil == key {
			return fmt.Errorf("new item template field [%s] not found", keyID)
		}
		if !isNewItemTemplateEditableKeyType(key.Type) {
			return fmt.Errorf("new item template field [%s] type [%s] is not editable", keyID, key.Type)
		}
		if nil == fieldValue {
			continue
		}
		if "" == fieldValue.Mode {
			fieldValue.Mode = NewItemFieldValueStatic
		}
		switch fieldValue.Mode {
		case NewItemFieldValueCurrentTime:
			if KeyTypeDate != key.Type {
				return fmt.Errorf("new item template field [%s] current time mode requires date type", keyID)
			}
			fieldValue.Value = nil
		case NewItemFieldValueStatic:
			if nil == fieldValue.Value {
				continue
			}
			fieldValue.Value, err = normalizeNewItemTemplateValue(fieldValue.Value, key)
			if nil != err {
				return fmt.Errorf("new item template field [%s] value is invalid: %w", keyID, err)
			}
			if KeyTypeSelect == key.Type || KeyTypeMSelect == key.Type {
				for _, selection := range fieldValue.Value.MSelect {
					if nil != selection && nil == key.GetOption(selection.Content) {
						return fmt.Errorf("new item template field [%s] option [%s] not found", keyID, selection.Content)
					}
				}
			}
		default:

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