Troubleshoot git and publishing
Start from the symptom, reproduce it locally when possible, and confirm the published version after the fix.
The ontology check failed
Run the same validation in the checkout for a more detailed error:
cassis ontology check
Common causes are malformed YAML, an unknown or misspelled field, a missing required field, an invalid domain path, or a reference to a domain that is not in the tree. Fix the named file, then run cassis ontology fmt and cassis ontology check again.
Cassis keeps the previous published version when an import fails.
Cassis cannot find the ontology
The complete tree must be under the project’s configured Path, cassis/ by default, on the default branch. If every reported path has an unexpected extra directory, update Path to the actual location or move the tree once and review that change before merging.
No pull-request check appeared
Under Organization → GitHub, confirm that:
- the Cassis App installation includes the repository;
- the project points to the correct
owner/name; - ontology checks are enabled for Cassis-created branches when the branch starts with
cassis/.
A merge did not publish
On GitHub, check the Cassis sync result on the default-branch commit. On another provider, check that the default-branch job ran cassis ontology upload with the correct project ID and API key.
A 403 from GitHub usually means the App no longer has Contents and Pull requests write access. A 404 usually means the repository was renamed, deleted, or has no default branch.
Retry an import without another push
An organization admin can call POST /api/projects/{project_id}/git-sync/pull. The response is synced or up_to_date.
A forced re-import overwrites unpublished in-app edits, like any repository import. Check Pending changes first if both editing paths have been used.
After any recovery, confirm the expected version with cassis status or get_project_status. Exact validation messages and exit codes are in the CLI reference.