zed-industries/zed · error

Failed to stash drop: {}

Error message

Failed to stash drop:
{}

What it means

Repository::stash_drop runs `git stash drop` and fails when the command exits non-zero — typically because the given stash index does not exist or the stash list is empty. The git stderr is embedded in the message.

Source

Thrown at crates/git/src/repository.rs:2676

                let mut args = vec!["stash", "push", "--quiet", "--staged"];
                if let Some(message) = message.as_deref() {
                    args.extend_from_slice(&["--message", message]);
                }
                let output = git.build_command(&args).envs(env.iter()).output().await?;

                anyhow::ensure!(
                    output.status.success(),
                    "Failed to stash staged changes (requires git 2.35 or newer):\n{}",
                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
                );
                Ok(())
            })
            .boxed()
    }

    fn stash_pop(
        &self,
        index: Option<usize>,
        env: Arc<HashMap<String, String>>,
    ) -> BoxFuture<'_, Result<()>> {
        let git = self.git_binary_in_worktree();
        self.executor
            .spawn(async move {
                let git = git?;
                let mut args = vec!["stash".to_string(), "pop".to_string()];
                if let Some(index) = index {
                    args.push(format!("stash@{{{}}}", index));
                }
                let output = git.build_command(&args).envs(env.iter()).output().await?;

                anyhow::ensure!(
                    output.status.success(),
                    "Failed to stash pop:\n{}",
                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
                );
                Ok(())

View on GitHub (pinned to 5a9b9558db)

Solutions

1. Treat 'stash@{N}: Could not drop' style errors as the entry already being gone and refresh the stash list
2. Validate the index against a current `git stash list` before dropping
3. If the entry is confirmed absent, update UI state instead of retrying
4. Log stderr for unexpected failures like index corruption

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/git/src/repository.rs:2662 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@5a9b9558db (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/99eb5afa8c2a4805. Report an issue: GitHub.