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Navigation: an undefined glyph kills mxbuild with no error file, a partial create or modify navigation resets the menu #1522

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Summary

Navigation: an undefined icon glyph makes mxbuild exit 1 with no error file, a partial create or modify navigation resets the menu, and a home page that a role cannot open is only caught at build. Related, closed: #1008, #1059 (icon kinds), PR #1075 (glyph that broke deploy at 0 errors, MDL078); lint rule MPR007 exists in v0.26.0.

Repro (blank Mendix 11.15 app)

  1. create or modify navigation Responsive ( menu item 'A' (page M.P1, icon glyph 57388) ); (57388 is not in the font table).
  2. mxcli check prints MDL078 as a warning; exec applies; mxbuild --target=deploy exits 1 ("Sequence contains no matching element") and writes no error file.
  3. Run a second create or modify navigation Responsive that lists only a new item: the first item is gone.
  4. home page M.P on the default profile for an app whose role cannot open P: CE2729 at build.

Expected

A glyph that is not in the font is an error at check, or at least the gate gets an error file; a partial modify keeps items it does not mention (or the docs say it replaces); a home page unreachable by a role is flagged before the build.

Actual

Warning only; build fails with exit 1 and no error file; the menu is replaced; CE2729 at build.

MDL078 is documented as a deliberate warning because the glyph table is a snapshot, so the open asks are: (a) a failing exec or gate message that names the glyph, (b) partial-modify semantics, (c) an MPR007-style check in check --references.

Tested with: Mendix 11.15.0, mxcli v0.26.0 (the relevant code also read in the v0.27.0 source), macOS. Not retested on v0.27.0.

Activity

  1. github-actions commented on Oct 16, 2026

    @github-actions

    Issue Triage

    Summary:
    The issue reports that using an undefined icon glyph in navigation causes mxbuild to fail with exit 1 and no error file, that a partial create or modify navigation replaces the entire menu instead of preserving unspecified items, and that a home page inaccessible to a role is only caught during build.

    Checklist of required bug‑report information

    Required info Present? Details
    mxcli version ✅ mxcli v0.26.0 (also noted in v0.27.0 source)
    Mendix version ✅ Mendix 11.15.0
    Scenario (what was tried) ✅ Repro steps with MDL script, mxcli check, exec, mxbuild, second navigation modify, home‑page role check
    Expected output ✅ Glyph error at check/gate, partial modify preserves items, home‑page unreachable flagged before build
    Experienced output ✅ Warning only, build exits 1 with no error file, menu replaced, CE2729 error at build
    AI bug report (mxcli diag --bundle or session log) ❌ Not provided

    Missing information:
    Please provide the output of mxcli diag --bundle (or at least the session log) so we can examine the internal state and reproduce the problem more reliably.

    Thank you for the detailed report! Once the diagnostic bundle is added, we’ll be able to investigate further.


    Automated triage via OpenRouter — workflow source

  2. added a commit that references this issue on Oct 16, 2026
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