KeyError when updating contents in the Outline, which prevents opening new Editor windows

[Bhumikadg]

Description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

i closed the IPython Console tab and now im not able to open it

Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dgbhu\AppData\Local\Programs\Spyder\pkgs\spyder\plugins\outlineexplorer\widgets.py", line 550, in update_editor
    if not self.starting[language]:
KeyError: 'python'

Versions

• Spyder version: 5.4.0 (standalone)
• Python version: 3.8.10 64-bit
• Qt version: 5.15.2
• PyQt5 version: 5.15.7
• Operating System: Windows 10

Dependencies

# Mandatory:
atomicwrites >=1.2.0                 :  1.4.1 (OK)
chardet >=2.0.0                      :  5.0.0 (OK)
cloudpickle >=0.5.0                  :  2.2.0 (OK)
cookiecutter >=1.6.0                 :  2.1.1 (OK)
diff_match_patch >=20181111          :  20200713 (OK)
intervaltree                         :  None (OK)
IPython >=7.31.1;<8.0.0              :  7.34.0 (OK)
jedi >=0.17.2;<0.19.0                :  0.18.1 (OK)
jellyfish >=0.7                      :  0.9.0 (OK)
jsonschema >=3.2.0                   :  4.17.0 (OK)
keyring >=17.0.0                     :  23.9.3 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0                      :  7.2.3 (OK)
numpydoc >=0.6.0                     :  1.5.0 (OK)
paramiko >=2.4.0                     :  2.11.0 (OK)
parso >=0.7.0;<0.9.0                 :  0.8.3 (OK)
pexpect >=4.4.0                      :  4.8.0 (OK)
pickleshare >=0.4                    :  0.7.5 (OK)
psutil >=5.3                         :  5.9.3 (OK)
pygments >=2.0                       :  2.13.0 (OK)
pylint >=2.5.0;<3.0                  :  2.15.5 (OK)
pylint_venv >=2.1.1                  :  2.3.0 (OK)
pyls_spyder >=0.4.0                  :  0.4.0 (OK)
pylsp >=1.6.0;<1.7.0                 :  1.6.0 (OK)
pylsp_black >=1.2.0                  :  1.2.1 (OK)
qdarkstyle >=3.0.2;<3.1.0            :  3.0.3 (OK)
qstylizer >=0.2.2                    :  0.2.2 (OK)
qtawesome >=1.2.1                    :  1.2.1 (OK)
qtconsole >=5.4.0;<5.5.0             :  5.4.0 (OK)
qtpy >=2.1.0                         :  2.2.1 (OK)
rtree >=0.9.7                        :  1.0.1 (OK)
setuptools >=49.6.0                  :  65.5.1 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6                       :  5.3.0 (OK)
spyder_kernels >=2.4.0;<2.5.0        :  2.4.0 (OK)
textdistance >=4.2.0                 :  4.5.0 (OK)
three_merge >=0.1.1                  :  0.1.1 (OK)
watchdog                             :  2.1.9 (OK)
zmq >=22.1.0                         :  24.0.1 (OK)

# Optional:
cython >=0.21                        :  0.29.32 (OK)
matplotlib >=3.0.0                   :  3.6.2 (OK)
numpy >=1.7                          :  1.22.4 (OK)
pandas >=1.1.1                       :  1.5.1 (OK)
scipy >=0.17.0                       :  1.9.3 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3                        :  1.11.1 (OK)

# Spyder plugins:
spyder_terminal.terminalplugin 1.2.2 :  1.2.2 (OK)

[ccordoba12]

Hey @Bhumikadg, thanks for reporting. We'll fix this error in our next version (5.4.1), to be released before the end of the year.

In the meantime, you can safely ignore it. And if it appears too much, you need to close and start Spyder again.