Same issue here... we need a fix for this

Yes, we are getting this error consistently now.   I have to re-pull the file from the org to clear it and then do it again the next time I deploy.  This is really really slowing down our development process.

Welkin??? Do you look at this thread?

I just created a brand new project and tried OAuth authentication but I still get this error when pushing changes. Welkin Suite is UNUSABLE for me.

Are we the only three people seeing this?????

Same error.

Is there any update on this issue?

Also seeing this since our instance was updated this weekend

Hi Everyone!
Thank you for reporting the issue. We're looking in details at what we can do asap and I'll get back to you with an update within a couple of days.

Best Regards,

Vladimir

Hi Everyone,

As a temporary workaround you can use the following approach:

When you deploy only Apex/Visualforce/Aura/LWC/Static Resources - The Welkin Suite will use the Tooling API which is affected by the issue. However, if you would include any other metadata type in the deployment, TWS will use the Metadata API and it should work properly. For example, you can update any page layout file and add just an empty line somewhere in the middle of the file - TWS will include it and everything should work fine.

Please let me know if this temporary workaround works for you.

Thank you,

Vladimir

I do not have any page layouts in Welkin ... but making a small change to a field description on a Custom Object does NOT seem to work for me.

I am having the same issue.

Hi Guys,
We've just released the update for this issue - it changes the IDE behavior to use the Metadata API for all deployments. Could you please update to R40 and let me know if this works for you?
Thank you,
Vladimir

Thank you Vladimir,

I am trying to do an update to get that change and my Welkin is just showing the update screen with 

Downloading the update...

0mb of 0mb

George

My update is also stuck on 0mb of 0mb

The log shows this response:
2021/02/22 07:24:34.823 [ERROR] [1] Update retrieval failed for uri=https://builds.welkinsuite.com/TheWelkinSuite-Bloom-R40-1.34.3.4.msi, Exception=System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.

I also cannot download the update (0 of 0mb error). I downloaded the full installer just in case I could get it that way, but when I try to run it, I get the error attached:

Hello,

Although I see the same issue of the downloader, lately I have been able to work without any issue related with the INVALID_CROSS_REFERENCE_KEY. 

Hi george, james.billings, vkessler,
I apologize for the issue. Now it's ok.
Thank you,

Vladimir

I got the update installed and I can upload without errors again. Goodbye SF Dev Console!

Thanks

Great, vkessler! Thank you for letting us know!
And please sorry that it took longer than needed :(
Best regards,
Vladimir

After upgrading I cannot deploy any changes.   I am always getting

Deploying changed items...
String reference not set to an instance of a String.
Parameter name: s

I get this same error no matter what file I open and no matter what changes I make.

OK, so I got around my String reference errors by creating a whole new project which allowed me to at least deploy my changes   But now I will randomly get

Deploy is finished with errors [08:17:27.111].

Time Elapsed 00:02:23.363

========== Deploy: Project: my_project failed ==========

But the error list is empty...

This is just as bad as the Cross Reference error!  Help!

Hi George,

Could you please send a bugreport from the IDE so we'll check the log?

Thank you,
Vladimir

vlgubanovich, on 25 Feb 2021 - 03:39 PM, said:

Hi George,

Could you please send a bugreport from the IDE so we'll check the log?

Thank you,
Vladimir

 Can do, Report a Bug sent with logs attached.

If I "force deploy" a bunch of times it will eventually go through...but it really slows down the development process. :)

Just to report that the original problem is also fixed for me, and I don't see the new issue Vladimir mentions, so all good at this end for now

Now all good from this side.

Hi George!
According to the log file it appears that there's some mismatch between your project file and what's in the file system actually. Could you please try recreating the project?
Thank you,
Vladimir

Yup, I had already done that...but then my git repository was in a different folder etc...  I figured out a way to move the new project into the old directory so now I can work again but what a pain. :)