# Julia 1.13.0 startup \`SearchState\` error on startup when OhMyREPL is installed

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 10, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330 "2026-09-10T11:15:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roger\_Powell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/roger_powell/32/21586_2.png) [@Roger\_Powell](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Roger_Powell)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330/1 "2026-09-10T11:15:52Z")

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```julia-auto
Error: Error in the keymap
│ exception =
│ UndefVarError: `SearchState` not defined in `REPL.LineEdit`

```

I am aware that this has cropped up before [some key bindings in repl ..](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/overriding-some-key-bindings-in-repl-does-not-seem-to-work/86830)

It errors with or without `using TerminalPager`, here is the top part of my `startup.jl` :

```julia-auto
println("running ~./julia/config/startup.jl")
#using TerminalPager
using OhMyREPL
using Pkg

atreplinit() do repl
    try
        @eval using Revise
        @async Revise.wait_steal_repl_backend()
        println("Revise version = ", @eval pkgversion(Revise))#, " is loaded and running in the background.")
    catch
    end
end

```

Full exception message:

```julia-auto
   exception =
│ UndefVarError: `SearchState` not defined in `REPL.LineEdit`
│ Suggestion: check for spelling errors or missing imports.
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] getproperty
│ @ ./Base_compiler.jl:50 [inlined]
│ [2] rewrite_with_ANSI(s::Any, cursormove::Bool)
│ @ OhMyREPL.Prompt ~/.julia/packages/OhMyREPL/V6mw0/src/repl.jl:27
│ [3] rewrite_with_ANSI
│ @ ~/.julia/packages/OhMyREPL/V6mw0/src/repl.jl:27 [inlined]
│ [4] (::OhMyREPL.Prompt.var"#create_keybindings##2#create_keybindings##3")(s::Any, data::Any, c::Any)
│ @ OhMyREPL.Prompt ~/.julia/packages/OhMyREPL/V6mw0/src/repl.jl:97
│ [5] (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#match_input##0#match_input##1"{OhMyREPL.Prompt.var"#create_keybindings##2#create_keybindings##3", String})(s::Any, p::Any)
│ @ REPL.LineEdit ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.13.0+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.13/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:1897
│ [6] macro expansion
│ @ ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.13.0+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.13/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:3068 [inlined]
│ [7] macro expansion
│ @ ./lock.jl:376 [inlined]
│ [8] (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#prompt!##2#prompt!##3"{Base.Terminals.TTYTerminal, REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, REPL.LineEdit.MIState, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})()
│ @ REPL.LineEdit ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.13.0+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.13/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:3057
└ @ REPL.LineEdit ~/.julia/juliaup/julia-1.13.0+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.13/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:3070

```

Julia starts OK when when started without using `startup.jl`. I have a UK/GB/EN keymap if that’s any help. Earlier Julia versions have worked perfectly with my current `startup.jl`.

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330/2 "2026-09-10T11:19:02Z")

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I only remember that from way back on a first nightly, but I think 1.13 makes OhMyRepl basically obsolete – you get even a bit nicer color markup on REPL directly.  
_edit_ also the search of course.

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**Author:** ![Roger\_Powell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/roger_powell/32/21586_2.png) [@Roger\_Powell](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Roger_Powell)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330/3 "2026-09-10T11:26:19Z")

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@kellertuer Not using `OhMyREPL` fixed it (sort of obviously). Didn’t know it was retired.  
Many thanks. Roger.

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330/4 "2026-09-10T11:33:43Z")

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I checked, my startup already has

```julia-auto
using Revise, REPL, About
# Omit in 1.13?
if VERSION < v"1.13.0-rc1"
    using OhMyREPL
end

```

but for such a long time that I do not remember when exactly, and I just vaguely remember trying out the new search and/or highlight a long time back on nightly.  
I do remember that the [the Readme of OhMyREPL](https://github.com/KristofferC/OhMyREPL.jl) states

```julia-auto
Note that this package overwrites some methods from Julia Base. If you get a weird error when using OhMyREPL you should reproduce it without having OhMyREPL loaded before reporting it as a Julia bug.

```

…and for now the highlight and search are directly a feature of Julia 1.13, see

> <https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/d1c37793dd2ab0de6bca636e1d7f2ceb43150a9c/NEWS.md?plain=1#L84-L84>

and

> <https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/d1c37793dd2ab0de6bca636e1d7f2ceb43150a9c/NEWS.md?plain=1#L86-L86>

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**Author:** ![Boris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/boris/32/3306_2.png) [@Boris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Boris)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330/5 "2026-09-10T11:45:36Z")

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Hm, I actually read through the blogpost today before seeing your post and they explicitly state that OhMyREPL is not needed anymore, but, unless I missed it, did not say that it should clash and julia would not run.

> **[Julia 1.13 Highlights](https://julialang.org/blog/2026/09/julia-1.13-highlights/)**
>
> Highlights of the Julia 1.13 release.

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330/6 "2026-09-10T11:49:35Z")

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Well, OhMyREPL itself says they rely heavily on internals and might break due to that.

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-13-0-startup-searchstate-error-on-startup-when-ohmyrepl-is-installed/139330/7 "2026-09-10T13:15:52Z")

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> <https://github.com/KristofferC/OhMyREPL.jl/pull/395>
>
> Remove things that are already included in Base / REPL. The color schemes and pi…ckers for the package remain
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