Ghost translation

[anastasiialz]

What can I do with a ghost translation?
In my project, there are two languages, and one of the translation units (created via the API) exists only in the source language. Is it possible to add this string to the other languages (via the UI or the API)? Or is the only option to delete it and create it again?

When I try to create the string via the POST api/translations/{{namespace}}/{{component}}/{{lang}}/units/, I get an error:

{
  "type": "client_error",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "permission_denied",
      "detail": "Add the string to the source language instead.",
      "attr": null
    }
  ]
}

And when I try to create the string in the source language, I get this error:

{
  "type": "validation_error",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "invalid",
      "detail": "This string seems to already exist.",
      "attr": "non_field_errors"
    }
  ]
}

[nijel]

It seems that your component is configured as monolingual (with a template) and sync to translations didn't happen for some reason. Are there any errors in Weblate logs? Is Celery process running?

[anastasiialz]

Thanks for the explanation!

At the moment, we have found a workaround to avoid this error: when everything is done via the API, adding a delay between creating new languages and pushing strings prevents the issue from reproducing. With this delay in place, the error no longer occurs.

However, we would still like to understand what can be done if this issue happens again, or how it can be properly handled on our side.

Unfortunately, at the moment I’m not able to find the relevant Weblate logs.