[5.x]: Error when attempting to resave entries via terminal (nested elements issue)

[alexanderbuergin]

What happened?

Description

We encountered an issue when trying to resave entries through the terminal. The process fails with an error indicating that nested elements cannot be saved, specifically due to the parent not being assigned correctly. The error seems to occur when we nest entries in a NeoField using CK Editor. After removing the CK Editor entry snippets from the field, the issue persists, even after deleting all revisions.

The command we executed was: php craft resave/entries

Output:

Resaving 1463 entries ...
	- [1/1463] Resaving Content Call Small (2021765) ... Exception 'yii\base\InvalidConfigException' with message 'Invalid owner ID: 2021764'

in /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/base/NestedElementTrait.php:158

Stack trace:

 php craft resave/entries
Resaving 1463 entries ...
	- [1/1463] Resaving Content Call Small (2021765) ... Exception 'yii\base\InvalidConfigException' with message 'Invalid owner ID: 2021764'

in /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/base/NestedElementTrait.php:158

Stack trace:
#0 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/base/NestedElementTrait.php(203): craft\elements\Entry->getPrimaryOwner()
#1 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/helpers/ElementHelper.php(553): craft\elements\Entry->getOwner()
#2 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/putyourlightson/craft-blitz/src/services/RefreshCacheService.php(279): craft\helpers\ElementHelper::isDraftOrRevision(Object(craft\elements\Entry))
#3 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/putyourlightson/craft-blitz/src/Blitz.php(387): putyourlightson\blitz\services\RefreshCacheService->isRefreshableElement(Object(craft\elements\Entry))
#4 [internal function]: putyourlightson\blitz\Blitz->putyourlightson\blitz\{closure}(Object(craft\events\MultiElementActionEvent))
#5 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Event.php(312): call_user_func(Object(Closure), Object(craft\events\MultiElementActionEvent))
#6 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Component.php(650): yii\base\Event::trigger('craft\\services\\...', 'beforeResaveEle...', Object(craft\events\MultiElementActionEvent))
#7 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php(1581): yii\base\Component->trigger('beforeResaveEle...', Object(craft\events\MultiElementActionEvent))
#8 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php(1221): craft\services\Elements->craft\services\{closure}()
#9 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/Elements.php(1566): craft\services\Elements->ensureBulkOp(Object(Closure))
#10 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/console/controllers/ResaveController.php(630): craft\services\Elements->resaveElements(Object(craft\elements\db\EntryQuery), true, true, false, false)
#11 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/console/controllers/ResaveController.php(460): craft\console\controllers\ResaveController->_resaveElements(Object(craft\elements\db\EntryQuery))
#12 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/console/controllers/ResaveController.php(399): craft\console\controllers\ResaveController->resaveElements('craft\\elements\\...', Array)
#13 [internal function]: craft\console\controllers\ResaveController->actionEntries()
#14 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/InlineAction.php(57): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#15 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Controller.php(178): yii\base\InlineAction->runWithParams(Array)
#16 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/console/Controller.php(180): yii\base\Controller->runAction('entries', Array)
#17 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/console/ControllerTrait.php(89): yii\console\Controller->runAction('entries', Array)
#18 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/console/Controller.php(216): craft\console\Controller->traitRunAction('entries', Array)
#19 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Module.php(552): craft\console\Controller->runAction('entries', Array)
#20 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/console/Application.php(180): yii\base\Module->runAction('resave/entries', Array)
#21 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/console/Application.php(91): yii\console\Application->runAction('resave/entries', Array)
#22 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/console/Application.php(147): craft\console\Application->runAction('resave/entries', Array)
#23 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/console/Application.php(122): yii\console\Application->handleRequest(Object(craft\console\Request))
#24 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Application.php(384): craft\console\Application->handleRequest(Object(craft\console\Request))
#25 /home/brandch/public_html/brand/brandSystem/brandWebsite/craft(24): yii\base\Application->run()

Steps to reproduce

• Create entries with nested elements using CK Editor within a NeoField.
• Attempt to resave entries via terminal using php craft resave/entries.
• Observe the error related to nested elements and invalid owner ID.

Expected behavior

The entries should resave successfully, even after removing CK Editor content and deleting revisions.

Actual behavior

The process fails with an error related to invalid owner IDs for nested elements.

Additional Information

• The issue seems to occur after nesting CK Editor snippets within NeoFields.
• Even after removing the nested entries and all revisions, the error persists.

Craft CMS version

5.4

PHP version

8.3

Operating system and version

No response

Database type and version

No response

Image driver and version

No response

Installed plugins and versions

[i-just]

Hi, thanks for getting in touch! I’m not able to replicate this. Any chance you could send over your composer.json, composer.lock and database export to support@craftcms.com so that we can try to reproduce and dig deeper?