Anki browse isnt working: "Error parsing message with type 'anki.tags.TagTreeNode'

Recently whenever i open browse in anki (mac and version 25.02) it doesnt show anything (see image below) What i have already tried:

  1. diassabling recent addons
  2. opening anki in safe mode and it browse still didnt work
  3. check database and it says fine everytime
  4. I even downloaded a newer version of anki since i saw it was available
  5. I changed my video driver in preferances

I am at a loss and i dont know what is wrong

This is the debug info:
Anki 25.02 (038d85b1) (ao) Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1 Platform: macOS-15.3.1-arm64-arm-64bit Traceback (most recent call last): File “aqt.browser.sidebar.searchbar”, line 30, in onSearch File “aqt.browser.sidebar.tree”, line 235, in search_for AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘search’ ===Add-ons (active)=== (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) Advanced Browser [‘874215009’, 2024-10-27T10:20, ‘None’, ‘’] AnKing Note Types Easy Customization [‘952691989’, 2025-03-14T08:40, ‘None’, mod] AnkiConnect [‘2055492159’, 2025-02-25T17:57, ‘None’, mod] AnkiHub [‘1322529746’, 2025-03-17T12:25, ‘None’, ‘’] BetterSearch [‘1052724801’, 2024-03-06T11:25, ‘None’, ‘’] Calculate New Cards To Do [‘2014569756’, 2022-05-19T01:38, ‘None’, mod] Clickable Tags v20 [‘1739176371’, 2022-01-30T17:58, ‘None’, ‘’] Contanki - Controller Support for Anki beta [‘1898790263’, 2024-02-29T20:22, ‘v1.0.2’, mod] Countdown To Events and Exams [‘1143540799’, 2022-06-27T07:50, ‘None’, ‘’] Edit Field During Review Cloze [‘385888438’, 2024-11-16T05:23, ‘6.21’, mod] Editor ProToolBox - Web importer, quick format, & media scraper [‘editor_pro_toolbox’, 2023-10-22T17:38, ‘None’, ‘’] Extended Card Stats During Review [‘1008566916’, 2024-02-26T14:07, ‘None’, ‘’] Extended Tag AddEdit Dialog [‘1135507717’, 2023-11-11T11:58, ‘None’, ‘’] Fastbar- with nightmode support [‘46611790’, 2025-01-27T17:52, ‘None’, ‘’] Find cards from UWorld test [‘444814983’, 2024-07-19T02:19, ‘None’, ‘’] Image Occlusion Enhanced [‘1374772155’, 2022-04-09T03:15, ‘None’, ‘’] Mini Format Pack [‘295889520’, 2023-11-02T14:00, ‘None’, ‘’] New Cards Counter [‘635082046’, 2022-04-20T16:37, ‘None’, ‘’] Review Heatmap [‘1771074083’, 2022-06-29T21:43, ‘None’, ‘’] Spell Checker with Custom Dictionaries [‘390813456’, 2023-10-20T12:00, ‘None’, mod] Symbols As You Type [‘2040501954’, 2025-01-05T14:55, ‘None’, ‘’] Symbols [‘1461102936’, 2024-02-10T11:53, ‘None’, mod] The KING of Button Add-ons [‘374005964’, 2025-01-27T17:26, ‘None’, mod] The KING of Study Timers [‘907028815’, 2022-04-20T14:14, ‘None’, mod] extended editor for field for tables searchreplace [‘805891399’, 2023-07-31T10:12, ‘None’, mod] uworld_qid_to_anki_search [‘607963104’, 2024-10-15T15:53, ‘None’, ‘’] ===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons=== 1008566916 1052724801 1135507717 1143540799 1322529746 1374772155 1461102936 1739176371 1771074083 1898790263 2014569756 2040501954 2055492159 295889520 374005964 385888438 390813456 444814983 46611790 607963104 635082046 805891399 874215009 907028815 952691989 ===Add-ons (inactive)=== (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) Batch Editing [‘291119185’, 2023-10-25T20:38, ‘None’, ‘’] UWorld2Anki [‘271205340’, 2024-01-02T22:06, ‘None’, ‘’]

Traceback (most recent call last):

File “aqt.browser.sidebar.searchbar”, line 37, in keyPressEvent

File “aqt.browser.sidebar.searchbar”, line 30, in onSearch

File “aqt.browser.sidebar.tree”, line 235, in search_for

AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘search’

===Add-ons (active)===

(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])

AnKing Note Types Easy Customization [‘952691989’, 2025-03-14T08:40, ‘None’, mod]

AnkiConnect [‘2055492159’, 2025-02-25T17:57, ‘None’, mod]

AnkiHub [‘1322529746’, 2025-03-17T12:25, ‘None’, ‘’]

Calculate New Cards To Do [‘2014569756’, 2022-05-19T01:38, ‘None’, mod]

Clickable Tags v20 [‘1739176371’, 2022-01-30T17:58, ‘None’, ‘’]

Contanki - Controller Support for Anki beta [‘1898790263’, 2024-02-29T20:22, ‘v1.0.2’, mod]

Countdown To Events and Exams [‘1143540799’, 2022-06-27T07:50, ‘None’, ‘’]

Edit Field During Review Cloze [‘385888438’, 2024-11-16T05:23, ‘6.21’, mod]

Editor ProToolBox - Web importer, quick format, & media scraper [‘editor_pro_toolbox’, 2023-10-22T17:38, ‘None’, ‘’]

Extended Tag AddEdit Dialog [‘1135507717’, 2023-11-11T11:58, ‘None’, ‘’]

Fastbar- with nightmode support [‘46611790’, 2025-01-27T17:52, ‘None’, ‘’]

Find cards from UWorld test [‘444814983’, 2024-07-19T02:19, ‘None’, ‘’]

Image Occlusion Enhanced [‘1374772155’, 2022-04-09T03:15, ‘None’, ‘’]

Mini Format Pack [‘295889520’, 2023-11-02T14:00, ‘None’, ‘’]

New Cards Counter [‘635082046’, 2022-04-20T16:37, ‘None’, ‘’]

Review Heatmap [‘1771074083’, 2022-06-29T21:43, ‘None’, ‘’]

Spell Checker with Custom Dictionaries [‘390813456’, 2023-10-20T12:00, ‘None’, mod]

Symbols As You Type [‘2040501954’, 2025-01-05T14:55, ‘None’, ‘’]

Symbols [‘1461102936’, 2024-02-10T11:53, ‘None’, mod]

The KING of Button Add-ons [‘374005964’, 2025-01-27T17:26, ‘None’, mod]

The KING of Study Timers [‘907028815’, 2022-04-20T14:14, ‘None’, mod]

UWorld2Anki [‘271205340’, 2024-01-02T22:06, ‘None’, ‘’]

extended editor for field for tables searchreplace [‘805891399’, 2023-07-31T10:12, ‘None’, mod]

uworld_qid_to_anki_search [‘607963104’, 2024-10-15T15:53, ‘None’, ‘’]

===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons===

1135507717 1143540799 1322529746 1374772155 1461102936 1739176371 1771074083 1898790263 2014569756 2040501954 2055492159 271205340 295889520 374005964 385888438 390813456 444814983 46611790 607963104 635082046 805891399 907028815 952691989

===Add-ons (inactive)===

(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])

PLEASE can someone help me. Basically on my end, i see this error message and as you can see, nothing shows up in the sidebar. i have spent HOURS (8 hrs) sitting here trying to fix it. I literally found the python codes that could potentially be the problem but cannot fix it on my own

Tried going through Troubleshooting - Anki Manual?

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Dupe: Anki browse isnt working: "Error parsing message with type 'anki.tags.TagTreeNode'

@Danika_Dakika tagging you to merge it.

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yes more times than i can count, i said that in the post

Can someone please help me i am begging you @Danika_Dakika @abdo

not in the post that I replied under before the merge

@miachapman Hmm looks like something is wrong with your tags.
Can you export your collection (without media files) and share it using File > Export? You can use https://gofile.io to upload it quickly.

GUYS i figured it out! after a long and hard journey the issue was the tags. Basically i had my own deck called “personal MCAT” within the anking-mcat deck and i made my own cards for the uworld questions I got wrong. But the kicker is i would find a card from the anking-mcat deck that was the same topic, command + a and copy the tags from that card then paste them into my new card. SO all i did was select ALL my cards within my personal mcat deck and bulk remove every single tag from every single note. BOOM fixed. im in awe i wanna cry. thank you to everyone for your help I seriously needed it.

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