Bug or Workflow Issue re: "The source string needs review."

[michaelcaplan]

I have run into a issue I've never seen before. I recently moved from a rather old version (3.x - new install). Maybe this is a 2026.5 comprehension issue, or I have run into a bug.

I'm working through translating all our fr_CA from our source language of en. I have 700+ untranslated strings where the source string is blank, but the context is correct:

My automatic suggestions tools are not showing any results for me because of this.

If I goto the source string:

And set the en translation:

Going then back to the fr_CA string, I now can interact with it:

If I don't go through this process, and I manually translate, I get the following error:

This error clears if I go through the process of adding the translation to the source language.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Mike

[michaelcaplan]

I found the issue. I had one component that mistakenly defined the file format as a "gettext po (monolingual)" vs a "gettext po". Deleting and re-adding the component fixed things up.

[nijel]

#20505 should trigger a diagnostic in such a situation.