twentyhq/twenty · error · Error

Failed to create view

Error message

Failed to create view

What it means

Thrown in usePerformViewAPIPersist when the createView mutation resolves but mutationResult.data.createView is undefined. The GraphQL response did not surface a thrown Apollo error, yet the createView payload is missing, so the optimistic-draft application cannot proceed.

Source

Thrown at packages/twenty-front/src/modules/views/hooks/internal/usePerformViewAPIPersist.ts:60

              mainGroupByFieldMetadataId:
                variables.input.mainGroupByFieldMetadataId,
            });
          }

          return createViewMutation({
            variables: {
              input: {
                ...variables.input,
                id: newViewId,
              },
            },
          });
        },
        applyResultToDraft: (mutationResult, { addToDraft }) => {
          const newView = mutationResult.data?.createView;

          if (!isDefined(newView)) {
            throw new Error('Failed to create view');
          }

          const {
            __typename,
            viewFields: _viewFields,
            viewFieldGroups: _viewFieldGroups,
            viewFilters: _viewFilters,
            viewFilterGroups: _viewFilterGroups,
            viewSorts: _viewSorts,
            viewGroups,
            ...flatView
          } = newView;

          addToDraft({ key: 'views', items: [flatView as FlatView] });

          // The server auto-creates viewGroups for Kanban views (mainGroupByFieldMetadataId)
          addToDraft({
            key: 'viewGroups',

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Solutions

1. Inspect the raw GraphQL response (data + errors) in DevTools for the createView mutation.
2. Re-run `npx nx run twenty-front:graphql:generate --configuration=metadata`.
3. Verify the user has permission to create views on the target object.

Example fix

// before: if (!isDefined(newView)) { throw new Error('Failed to create view'); }
// after:  if (!isDefined(newView)) {
//           throw new Error(mutationResult.errors?.[0]?.message ?? 'Failed to create view');
//         }

const hasCreateViewPayload = (r: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createViewMutation>>): boolean =>
  isDefined(r?.data?.createView);

const isCreateViewResult = (v: unknown): v is { id: string; name: string } =>
  typeof v === 'object' && v !== null && typeof (v as any).id === 'string';

try {
  await performViewAPICreate(variables, objectMetadataItemId);
} catch (e) {
  showError((e as Error).message); // 'Failed to create view'
}

When it happens

Trigger: Server returns 200 with a populated errors array and `{ data: { createView: null } }`. Partial response from a network blip. Selection-set/codegen drift after a schema change.

Common situations: Permission denied creating a view (server returns null + error). Schema change to createView payload not yet codegen'd. Object metadata item id invalid.

Related errors

• Failed to create view filter group
• Failed to create view
• GraphQL errors: ${json.errors.map((e) => e.message).join(';
• No getAuthTokensFromSSOExchangeToken result
• Field ${fieldMetadata.name} is missing, please refresh the p

AI-assisted analysis of twentyhq/twenty@1f5dd2bbd2 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/72f0cfff51329730. Report an issue: GitHub.