V1.11 `SYSTEM: caught exception of type :TypeError while trying to print a failed Task notice; giving up`

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1

Today I updated to v1.11 and I get the following error when I go to package mode

(@v1.11) pkg>
SYSTEM: caught exception of type :TypeError while trying to print a failed Task notice; giving up

This only happens when I startup julia with --startup-file=yes with the startup.jl containing a single command: using Revise.
If startup.jl is empty the error doesn’t happen.
If I start without startup file and load using Revise manually the error doesn’t exist.

The error makes the package mode totally unusable and generally the kernel unpredictable (e.g. I get a stack trace when I call versioninfo())

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.11.0
Commit 501a4f25c2b (2024-10-07 11:40 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
  CPU: 64 × AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LLVM: libLLVM-16.0.6 (ORCJIT, znver2)
Threads: 1 default, 0 interactive, 1 GC (on 64 virtual cores)
Environment:
  JULIA_DEPOT_PATH = /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia

I deleted all ~/.julia/{compiled, packages, artifacts} but still the same happens.
1.10.4 keeps working normally.

2

Not sure how I managed, but I got this error during a local package loading which I think it’s related:

ERROR: LoadError: InitError: MethodError: no method matching
Stacktrace:
  [1] __init__()
    @ REPLExt /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.0+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/REPLExt.jl:305
  [2]
SYSTEM (REPL): showing an error caused an error
ERROR: TypeError:
Stacktrace:
  [1] active_module()
    @ REPL /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.0+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:593
  [2] #invokelatest#2
    @ ./essentials.jl:1054 [inlined]
  [3] invokelatest
    @ ./essentials.jl:1051 [inlined]
  [4] active_module
    @ ./show.jl:519 [inlined]
  [5]
SYSTEM (REPL): caught exception of type TypeError while trying to handle a nested exception; giving up
3

Same happened to me at some point. I think it was resolved by deleteing ~/.julia/compiled/v1.11 if I recall correctly.

4

I switched back to 1.10 for a while untill 1.11.1 was out hoping it would get fixed. Unfortunately I still get an error.

(@v1.11) pkg> Unhandled Task ERROR: InitError: MethodError: no method matching repl_init(::REPL.LineEditREPL)
The function `repl_init` exists, but no method is defined for this combination of argument types.

Closest candidates are:
  repl_init(::REPL.AbstractREPL)
   @ REPLExt /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.1+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/REPLExt.jl:163

Stacktrace:
  [1] __init__()
    @ REPLExt /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.1+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/REPLExt.jl:305
  [2] run_module_init(mod::Module, i::Int64)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1336
  [3] register_restored_modules(sv::Core.SimpleVector, pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1324
  [4] _include_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, path::String, ocachepath::String, depmods::Vector{Any}, ignore_native::Nothing; register::Bool)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1213
  [5] _include_from_serialized (repeats 2 times)
    @ ./loading.jl:1169 [inlined]
  [6] _require_search_from_serialized(pkg::Base.PkgId, sourcepath::String, build_id::UInt128, stalecheck::Bool; reasons::Nothing, DEPOT_PATH::Vector{String})
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1985
  [7] _require_search_from_serialized
    @ ./loading.jl:1908 [inlined]
  [8] macro expansion
    @ ./loading.jl:2592 [inlined]
  [9] macro expansion
    @ ./lock.jl:273 [inlined]
 [10] require_stdlib(package_uuidkey::Base.PkgId, ext::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:2557
 [11] macro expansion
    @ /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.1+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/Pkg_beforeload.jl:8 [inlined]
 [12] macro expansion
    @ ./lock.jl:273 [inlined]
 [13] load_pkg()
    @ REPL /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.1+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/Pkg_beforeload.jl:7
 [14] (::REPL.var"#119#137"{REPL.LineEdit.MIState, REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})()
    @ REPL /u/bulk/home/wima/fchrstou/julia/juliaup/julia-1.11.1+0.x64.linux.gnu/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1248
during initialization of module REPLExt

I think this is a dup of REPLExt: no method matching repl_init(::REPL.LineEditREPL) when loading packages in REPL mode. · Issue #56216 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub
which is pretty terrible.

( I also use a custom $JULIA_DEPOT_PATH )

As hacky temporary workaround writing using Pkg as a first line in my startup.jl seems to be fixing it