Cannot create entry if its enabled for a disabled site

[lukasNo1]

Description

I tried creating a new entry for a site with the following code:

  $entry = new Entry();
  $entry->siteId = 2; // enabled site
  $entry->typeId = ...;
  $entry->sectionId = ..;
  $entry->authorId = ..;
  $entry->enabled = true;
  $entry->title = 'New entry';
  
  Craft::$app->elements->saveElement($entry);

Which yields the following error:

... [error][application] Couldn’t propagate element to other site due to validation errors:
- Your system isn’t set up to save content for the site “1”.

The section is enabled both for the enabled site "2", which i try to save the entry in and the disabled site "1".

Im not sure if this is a bug, or intentional.

If i create it in the CP, everything works and it is also propagating to the disabled site.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create two sites "1" and "2"
2. Create a section which is enabled for both sites
3. Disable site "1"
4. Try to save a new entry with the elements service

Additional info

• Craft version: 3.7.30.1

[brandonkelly]

This should be fixed now for the next release. If you have time in the next couple hours, it would be awesome if you could test for me, though.

To get the fix early, change your craftcms/cms requirement in composer.json to "dev-develop as 3.7.31" and run composer update.

There’s a new DB migration so you’ll also need to run php craft up or press the “Finish up” button in the control panel.

[brandonkelly]

Craft 3.7.32 is out now with the fix. Hopefully it works 🤞🏻

[lukasNo1]

I just got the chance to test it, unfortunately i still get the same error message

[-][1][][error][application] Couldn’t propagate element to other site due to validation errors:

• Your system isn’t set up to save content for the site “1”.

[1][9cf78faea10b5738f2d5796b3cc9c3d4][error][yii\base\Exception] yii\base\Exception: Couldn’t propagate element to other site. in /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php:2923
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php(2708): craft\services\Elements->_propagateElement(Object(craft\elements\Entry), Array, Object(craft\elements\Entry))
#1 /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php(784): craft\services\Elements->_saveElementInternal(Object(craft\elements\Entry), true, true, true)
#2 /var/www/backend/modules/module/src/controllers/ApiController.php(36): craft\services\Elements->saveElement(Object(craft\elements\Entry))
#3 [internal function]: module\controllers\ApiController->actionTest()

[brandonkelly]

Check your logs for the following text:

Couldn’t propagate element to other site due to validation errors:

What’s the full output?

[lukasNo1]

I have tested it on 2 different projects, both have the same error when deactivating a site.

2022-02-10 08:00:42 [-][1][5e8d5c019ee519ff518587428a6e30e6][error][application] Couldn’t propagate element to other site due to validation errors:
- Your system isn’t set up to save content for the site “4”.
2022-02-10 08:00:42 [-][1][5e8d5c019ee519ff518587428a6e30e6][error][yii\base\Exception] yii\base\Exception: Couldn’t propagate element to other site. in /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php:2923
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php(2708): craft\services\Elements->_propagateElement(Object(craft\elements\Entry), Array, Object(craft\elements\Entry))
#1 /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php(784): craft\services\Elements->_saveElementInternal(Object(craft\elements\Entry), true, true, true)
#2 /var/www/backend/modules/module/src/controllers/ApiController.php(37): craft\services\Elements->saveElement(Object(craft\elements\Entry))
#3 [internal function]: module\controllers\ApiController->actionTest()
#4 /var/www/backend/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/InlineAction.php(57): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#5 /var/www/backend/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Controller.php(178): yii\base\InlineAction->runWithParams(Array)
#6 /var/www/backend/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Module.php(552): yii\base\Controller->runAction('test', Array)
#7 /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/web/Application.php(292): yii\base\Module->runAction('module/api/test', Array)
#8 /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/web/Application.php(601): craft\web\Application->runAction('module/api/test', Array)
#9 /var/www/backend/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/web/Application.php(271): craft\web\Application->_processActionRequest(Object(craft\web\Request))
#10 /var/www/backend/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Application.php(384): craft\web\Application->handleRequest(Object(craft\web\Request))
#11 /var/www/backend/crafter/bootstrap/crafter.php(23): yii\base\Application->run()
#12 /var/www/backend/crafter/bootstrap/start.php(23): CrafterApp->run()
#13 /var/www/public/en/index.php(5): require_once('/var/www/backen...')
#14 {main}
2022-02-10 08:00:41 [-][1][5e8d5c019ee519ff518587428a6e30e6][info][application] $_GET = []

$_POST = []

$_FILES = []

$_COOKIE = [
....
]

$_SESSION = [
 ....
]

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[brandonkelly]

@lukasNo1 Are you still having issues with this? Just tested again locally and am unable to reproduce your error with the same general setup.

[lukasNo1]

Yes it it still the same error. However i also tested it with a completely fresh craft installation and there it works. Seems to be something in our existing projects. I'll have a look into it.

[bzin]

Hi @brandonkelly, I am currently having this problem with a project where I created a new site language but need to disable another. Now my graphql mutations do not work but I still have a valid sites. My message is 'Couldn’t propagate element to other site.'.

[brandonkelly]

@bzin By “disable another” – did you actually delete the other site? Or just mark it as disabled in its settings?

[bzin]

Hi @brandonkelly , the Sites were just disabled in the settings. We use these to have different languages for our content structure. Different servers might have different enabled Sites.

[brandonkelly]

Are you programmatically disabling them on deployment or something? Are you disabling the primary site ever, by chance? If so, that is not supported and will lead to bugs.

[bzin]

Not, the primary site but I do try to disable the ones that are not being used.

[brandonkelly]

This should be fixed now for the next release.

To get the fix early, change your craftcms/cms requirement in composer.json to "dev-develop as 4.0.4" and run composer update.

[brandonkelly]

Craft 4.0.5 is out now with that fix.

[brandonkelly]

This is fixed in Craft 3.7.51 as well, now (#11741).

[bzin]

This is great @brandonkelly! I will check if this can be useful for us on the project we still rely on Craft 3.

We will not be able to update to 4 at this moment... at least some plugin dependencies are solved 😅