Hi all,
On 26/02/2026 16:11, Matt Nolan wrote:
Hi, after updating to Org 9.8, I get errors like the following:
Error from syntax checker org-lint:
Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p,
#("150" 0 3 (org-lint-marker #<marker at 6606 in myorgfile.org>))
A minimal start, or just removing '(desktop-save-mode 1)' from my init.el
mostly fixes the problem, but not completely. Haven’t had time to figure out
how to make a more reproducible example but posting here in case others see it.
Posted also on SO and another person reports similar
(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79894036/org-lint-errors-after-package-updates)
I'm seeing similar messages in my Org files. I don't have
desktop-save-mode enabled, so, at least in my case, it is not related to
that.
One way I can reproduce this is with a simple Org file that has a
one-line header (the "Some text" isn't even needed):
#+cite_export:
Some text
This gives the following error:
Error from syntax checker org-lint: Wrong type argument:
number-or-marker-p, #("1" 0 1 (org-lint-marker #<marker at 1 in test.org>))
Removing the #+cite_export line or adding an exporter to it removes the
error message.
In a real (non-test) Org file, a similar error occurred at a malformed
clock line (on line 3199):
CLOCK: [2022-04-21 do 19:001]--[2022-04-21 do 22:30] => 3:30
Notice the 001. The error message was:
Error from syntax checker org-lint: Wrong type argument:
number-or-marker-p, #("3199" 0 4 (org-lint-marker #<marker at 169449 in
todo_work.org>))
It looks like these errors occur on each line where a manual run of
org-lint also finds an error. Maybe this is related to the fact that I
use Flycheck? A new version of Flycheck was released on 2026-02-19 and
it enabled org-lint by default for Org files. Maybe running org-lint in
the background somehow doesn't produce the same "human readable"
messages as when it is run manually.
Best,
Lennart.
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