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Errors loading package index files
Oct 21st, 2026 at 5:36pm
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When I rescan the installed boards packages I get the attached errors.  Are they important and/or can I eliminate them?
  
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Re: Errors loading package index files
Reply #1 - Oct 22nd, 2026 at 3:50pm
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thanks for the report. they can be ignored and won't show in the next release.

in the past month we added support for users to copy packages manually to the installed packages folder. the installed.json becomes important for that but visual micro is incorrectly reading installed.json in all installed packages. it's not required for most and doesn't need to report missing items.

The next release over the next 24 hours will resolve.

The last error is a malformed or missing definition from within platform.txt (in one of your packages). the next release allows for null platform definition and ignores it.
  
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Latest is here with fixes for platform explorer, board manager and others
  
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Thanks Tim, I can confirm that the latest release has fixed this particular problem.
  
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