World export fails - get_id

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· Api ·
By Patrick-M on 08/01/2026
· Assigned to SoulLink

  • Scenario: go to a world > Advanced Settings > Export World > Export this world
  • Next screen: I put my API token
  • Next screen: I click on start
  • => nothing happens. refresh, click on the big "Reset" button, then "Start" again =>   Error message : An error occurred while scheduling the export: 'Job' object has no attribute 'get_id'   This could mean that one of my articles has a bad idea. No problem to go and even delete and rebuild it... but which one among the hundreds of articles?

    Steps to Reproduce

  • Scenario: go to a world > Advanced Settings > Export World > Export this world
  • Next screen: I put my API token
  • Next screen: I click on start
  • => nothing happens
  • Refresh page (F5)
  • Click on the big "Reset" button
  • Click on "Start" again
  • => Error message : An error occurred while scheduling the export: 'Job' object has no attribute 'get_id'

    Operating System

    Windows

    Browser

    Google Chrome

    Related Entity

    Suggestion : print a LOT of more error message rather than just this one, to help self-solve the thing, before opening a bug here.   Note : I have already exported this workd roughly once a month, and 3 are available without error. So "it worked" i the close past.

    History

    Patrick-M @ 01 Aug, 2026 04:28:10

    I comment on my own bug I just filled:  

  • After submitting the bug, I had the idea to go to a private browing session to https://toolbox2.worldanvil.com/
  • I put my API key
  • And there, I see the 2 tries of succeded export programmed (which seemed in error because of the get_id error), ready to be downloaded, with success.
  • The bug is still to be opened: even though the trigger of export worked, the workflow of the job in the https://toolbox2.worldanvil.com/ interface did not. And it can be a trap to "retry a lot of times" thinking it does nothing but in reality, it triggers the real work each time.

    Syarx @ 04 Aug, 2026 02:52:34 Developer
    Assigned SoulLink
    SoulLink @ 05 Aug, 2026 07:58:06 Assignee

    Yeah the UI is a bit janky like that. There is however currently a bug that prevents the export from working properly, as it stops at the images. Though it does export articles and categories, so if you have mostly those then you might not notice.

    Chanther @ 05 Aug, 2026 09:39:04

    Experiencing the same issue on Mac using Chrome, with the same error message: An error occurred while scheduling the export: 'Job' object has no attribute 'get_id'

    Further steps:

    • Attempted to Refresh the World Index - had no effect on the export error.
    • Excluding image metadata from the export did not produce any change in the export error.
    • Excluding every export category except articles did not produce any change in the export error.

    I have two worlds - experiencing the error identically on both.

    ProfPorterfield @ 07 Aug, 2026 02:34:59

    I am experiencing the exact same problem in the exact same way and have also tried all of the attempted "fixes" above. No luck here either.

    ss2020 @ 07 Aug, 2026 09:08:44

    I am not able to download anything, not even just articles.

    I am expereincing this problem with 2 of my worlds while only trying to download articles.

    Chanther @ 08 Aug, 2026 05:04:17

    As an update - though I am still getting the same error message, after a while a successful export does appear and I can download it without issue. (And because I tried many times, I ended up with 10 or so exports.)

    Toby R. Beeny @ 10 Aug, 2026 06:11:18

    Was having the same issue. Got a download despite the error however. I ran the zip through AI to validate the contents and they were all intact, except for the images and maps. The zip file still points to them but they are not present, so there is still an actual export failure happening.

    CRFC11 @ 11 Aug, 2026 11:18:45

    Also having the same issue as above just getting

    An error occurred while scheduling the export: 'Job' object has no attribute 'get_id'

    id8tionist @ 12 Aug, 2026 02:28:11

    Also getting the error....

    Empireo @ 12 Aug, 2026 07:13:06

    I have the same issue and tried similar steps to those described above

    Empireo @ 12 Aug, 2026 07:17:56

    As OP suggested: Opening the tool in a private tab shows the previous export attempts. And a download was succesfull. Attempting to do a new backup still shows the same error but reloading that page then shows you a new export.

    Beric @ 14 Sep, 2026 05:55:08

    I have been in need of a fix to this for over a month, now. Unlike others, simply waiting has not helped.

    TotallyNotAWizard @ 18 Sep, 2026 04:34:59

    Same.... all three of my worlds will not export.

    Hadessian @ 19 Sep, 2026 12:23:04

    Same issue, nothing seems to help. :c