zed-industries/zed · error

workspace was dropped

Error message

workspace was dropped

What it means

Guard in SoloDiffView::open_or_focus: the WeakEntity<Workspace> handle passed in could not be upgraded, meaning the workspace was closed while the diff view was being opened; the view cannot be registered as a workspace item.

Source

Thrown at crates/git_ui/src/solo_diff_view.rs:61

    repo_path: RepoPath,
    buffer: Entity<Buffer>,
    diff: Entity<buffer_diff::BufferDiff>,
    editor: Entity<SplittableEditor>,
    workspace: WeakEntity<Workspace>,
    showing_full_file: bool,
    _settings_subscription: Subscription,
}

impl SoloDiffView {
    pub fn open_or_focus(
        entry: GitStatusEntry,
        repository: Entity<Repository>,
        workspace: WeakEntity<Workspace>,
        window: &mut Window,
        cx: &mut App,
    ) -> Task<Result<Entity<Self>>> {
        let Some(workspace_entity) = workspace.upgrade() else {
            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow::anyhow!("workspace was dropped")));
        };

        let existing = workspace_entity
            .read(cx)
            .items_of_type::<SoloDiffView>(cx)
            .find(|item| item.read(cx).matches(&repository, &entry.repo_path, cx));
        if let Some(existing) = existing {
            workspace_entity.update(cx, |workspace, cx| {
                workspace.activate_item(&existing, true, true, window, cx);
            });
            existing.focus_handle(cx).focus(window, cx);
            return Task::ready(Ok(existing));
        }

        let Some(project_path) = repository
            .read(cx)
            .repo_path_to_project_path(&entry.repo_path, cx)
        else {

View on GitHub (pinned to f4178619ac)

Solutions

1. Retry opening the diff view after the workspace has finished loading
2. Re-trigger the action from within an active workspace window
3. If it recurs, check that the item is not being opened from a dropped/closed window context

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/git_ui/src/solo_diff_view.rs:61 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/54e7fbf9caf3a566. Report an issue: GitHub.