siyuan-note/siyuan · error

Query notebook failed

Error message

Query notebook failed

What it means

When importing into an existing notebook (createNotebook=false), importSY0 looks up the target with Conf.Box(boxID); a nil result means no notebook with that ID is configured in the current workspace, and the import fails with the generic Language(0) message 'Query notebook failed'. The real cause - nonexistent target notebook - is only implicit in the message.

Source

Thrown at kernel/model/import.go:285

		return
	}
	if autoDetect {
		if importedMetadataErr != nil {
			err = errors.New(Conf.Language(199))
			return
		}
		createNotebook = notebookExport
	}
	if !createNotebook && notebookExport {
		err = errors.New(Conf.Language(373))
		return
	}
	if autoDetect && !createNotebook && boxID == "" {
		err = ErrSYTargetNotebookRequired
		return
	}
	if !createNotebook && nil == Conf.Box(boxID) {
		err = errors.New(Conf.Language(0))
		return
	}
	if createNotebook {
		if importedBoxConf != nil && importedBoxConf.Name != "" {
			name = importedBoxConf.Name
		}
		if !precreatedBox {
			boxID, err = CreateBox(util.RemoveInvalid(name))
			if err != nil {
				return "", err
			}
		}
		createdBoxID = boxID
		defer func() {
			if err == nil {
				return
			}
			treenode.RemoveBlockTreesByBoxID(boxID)

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Solutions

1. List the actual notebooks (GET /api/notebook/lsNotebooks) and retry with a valid id
2. If the notebook was expected to exist, check that SiYuan is running against the right workspace and that the notebook is not closed/removed
3. Create the target notebook first (POST /api/notebook/createNotebook) if it should be new

if model.Conf.Box(boxID) == nil {
    // refresh notebook list / fail fast before importing
    return fmt.Errorf("target notebook %s does not exist", boxID)
}
err := model.ImportSY(zipPath, boxID, toPath)

func isQueryNotebookFailed(err error) bool {
    return err != nil && err.Error() == model.Conf.Language(0)
}

if err := model.ImportSY(zipPath, boxID, toPath); err != nil {
    if err.Error() == model.Conf.Language(0) {
        // re-fetch notebooks via /api/notebook/lsNotebooks and retry with a fresh id
    }
}

When it happens

Trigger: POST /api/import/importSY (or importSYAuto) whose 'notebook' parameter references a boxID that does not exist right now: deleted before the import ran, never created in this workspace, belongs to a different workspace, or a race with notebook removal.

Common situations: Plugins/automation caching a stale notebook ID from an earlier session. The user deleted the target notebook between choosing it and confirming import. Kernel pointed at a different workspace directory than expected (Settings - About - Workspace).

Related errors

• opened notebook [%s] not found
• invalid import token
• no file found
• import path is not sub path of import dir
• --notebook is required

AI-assisted analysis of siyuan-note/siyuan@afa823b6b4 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/271c5e359d1bcb40. Report an issue: GitHub.