zed-industries/zed · error

Invalid snippet '{name}' in {source:?}: {e:#}

Error message

Invalid snippet '{name}' in {source:?}: {e:#}

What it means

A snippet named `name` in the given snippets file failed to parse (bad tabstop/placeholder/variable syntax); the parse error is fully chained, and the invalid snippet is reported while the rest of the file loads.

Source

Thrown at crates/snippet_provider/src/lib.rs:58

        .snippets
        .into_iter()
        .map(move |(name, snippet)| {
            let snippet_name = name.clone();
            let prefixes = snippet
                .prefix
                .map_or_else(move || vec![snippet_name], |prefixes| prefixes.into());
            let description = snippet
                .description
                .map(|description| description.to_string());
            let body = snippet.body.to_string();
            match snippet::Snippet::parse(&body) {
                Ok(_) => Ok(Arc::new(Snippet {
                    body,
                    prefix: prefixes,
                    description,
                    name,
                })),
                Err(e) => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
                    "Invalid snippet '{name}' in {source:?}: {e:#}"
                )),
            }
        })
}

// Snippet with all of the metadata
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Snippet {
    pub prefix: Vec<String>,
    pub body: String,
    pub description: Option<String>,
    pub name: String,
}

async fn process_updates(
    this: WeakEntity<SnippetProvider>,
    entries: Vec<PathBuf>,

View on GitHub (pinned to f4178619ac)

Solutions

1. Fix the snippet body syntax reported in the chained error
2. Remove or correct the offending snippet in the file

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/snippet_provider/src/lib.rs:58 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@f4178619ac (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a53721c02505250e. Report an issue: GitHub.