Error running filter main.lua

[lgonzalezsa]

Bug description

Previous versions of Quarto I was able to preview/render my qmd but now I am getting

Error running filter /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:
Block, list of Blocks, or compatible element expected, got table
        while retrieving function argument content
        while retrieving arguments for function Div
stack traceback:
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:20898: in field 'render'
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:841: in local 'filter_fn'
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:302: in function </opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:292>
        (...tail calls...)
        [C]: in ?
        [C]: in method 'walk'
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:224: in function </opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:214>
        (...tail calls...)
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:942: in local 'callback'
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:960: in upvalue 'run_emulated_filter_chain'
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:996: in function </opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:993>
stack traceback:
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:224: in function </opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:214>
        (...tail calls...)
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:942: in local 'callback'
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:960: in upvalue 'run_emulated_filter_chain'
        /opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:996: in function </opt/quarto/share/filters/main.lua:993>
[execProcess] Success: false, code: 83
ERROR: Rendering of output notebook produced an unexpected result
[NotebookContext]: Starting Cleanup

Steps to reproduce

I am using the embed feature https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/notebook-embed.html

{{< embed penguins.ipynb#fig-bill-marginal >}}

Expected behavior

quarto to preview/render

Actual behavior

[execProcess] Success: false, code: 83

Your environment

using vscode version: 1.89.1
Commit: dc96b837cf6bb4af9cd736aa3af08cf8279f7685
Date: 2024-05-07T05:16:23.416Z
Electron: 28.2.8
ElectronBuildId: 27744544
Chromium: 120.0.6099.291
Node.js: 18.18.2
V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-76060800daily20240311-generic

Quarto 1.4.554

Quarto check output

Quarto 1.4.554
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.1.11: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.69.5: OK
      Deno version 1.37.2: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.4.554
      Path: /opt/quarto/bin

[✓] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: v2024.05
      Chromium: 869685

[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Using: TinyTex
      Path: /home/data_analysis/.TinyTeX/bin/x86_64-linux
      Version: 2024

[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
      Version: 3.11.4 (Conda)
      Path: /opt/conda/bin/python
      Jupyter: (None)

      Jupyter is not available in this Python installation.
      Install with conda install jupyter

[✓] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.2.3
      Path: /home/data_analysis/.conda/envs/gtcs-dataanalysis/lib/R
      LibPaths:
        - /home/data_analysis/.conda/envs/gtcs-dataanalysis/lib/R/library
      knitr: 1.43
      rmarkdown: 2.24

[✓] Checking Knitr engine render......OK

[cscheid]

Can you give us a fully reproducible example? It's definitely a bug but it's hard to go by without seeing your code.

[cderv]

Also please can you try 1.5 prerelease ? https://quarto.org/docs/download/prerelease.html

Thank you !

[github-actions]

Thank you for using Quarto and reporting an issue!

Unfortunately, this issue is now considered stale because it has been opened since 14 days without providing a "working" reproducible example to help us investigate.
If you are still facing the issue, please review the "Bug Reports" guide on how to provide a fully reproducible example as a self-contained Quarto document or a link to a Git repository.
Without a reproducible example, it is unlikely that the issue will be addressed.

You can share a Quarto document using the following syntax, i.e., using more backticks than you have in your document (usually four ````).

````qmd
---
title: "Reproducible Quarto Document"
format: html
---

This is a reproducible Quarto document using `format: html`.
It is written in Markdown and contains embedded R code.
When you run the code, it will produce a plot.

```{r}
plot(cars)
```

The end.
````

[robpetrosino]

Hello -- I am getting the exact same error when quarto render my project. Can anyone help me understand how to fix this?

Quarto check output

Quarto 1.7.28
[✓] Checking environment information...
      Quarto cache location: /Users/rp3650/Library/Caches/quarto
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.6.3: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.85.1: OK
      Deno version 1.46.3: OK
      Typst version 0.13.0: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.7.28
      Path: /Applications/quarto/bin

[✓] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: v2025.04
      Chromium: (not installed)

[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Using: TinyTex
      Path: /Users/rp3650/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin
      Version: 2025

[✓] Checking Chrome Headless....................OK
      Using: Chrome found on system
      Path: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
      Source: MacOS known location

[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
      Version: 3.13.0
      Path: /usr/local/bin/python3
      Jupyter: 5.7.2
      Kernels: python3

[✓] Checking Jupyter engine render....OK

[✓] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.4.2
      Path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
      LibPaths:
        - /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4-arm64/Resources/library
      knitr: 1.49
      rmarkdown: 2.29

[✓] Checking Knitr engine render......OK

[cscheid]

We need a reproducible example to be able to help.

[mcanouil]

@robpetrosino Please open a new GitHub Discussions and provide all necessary information as documented when you open a new discussion
Unfortunately, "I have an issue" like statement does not allow anyone to help you. Help us help you.

[Bhanahnah]

For future readers: I'm also having this issue, it happened when I re-ran a ipynb notebook that was originally working fine with my manuscript qmd, but now it's not.... This person changed the doc type to book from manuscript but I was really hoping to keep using manuscript with embeds from the problem notebook. I ended up fixing the issue by breaking up one code cell that had 2 figures, into 2 seperate code cells with their own labels for each. No idea why multiple figures with a label broke Pandoc lua but it's working now I guess so whatever