946128 - JavaScript Warning: "Failed to parse item" for VJOURNAL entries

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 185537

(Calendar :: ICAL.js Integration, defect)

Description

[Greg K.]

ThunderbirdIf a subscribed CalDAV calendar contains a VJOURNAL entry, the following message appears on the Error Console.

[JavaScript Warning: "Failed to parse item: BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ownCloud//NONSGML Journal 0.3.2//EN
BEGIN:VJOURNAL
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20130717T000000
CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130717T145951Z
UID:0e5e2faaec
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:[e-mail]
SUMMARY:Journal test
LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130717T150016Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130717T150016Z
DESCRIPTION:This is a test journal entry.
END:VJOURNAL
END:VCALENDAR
"]

The iCalendar Validator at <http://severinghaus.org/projects/icv/> says this is valid. Is this a duplicate of, or dependent on, bug 185537? Or, does this belong on iCal.js GitHub issue? (If so, is <https://github.com/peterbraden/ical.js/issues> the right place?)

Also, I have a suspicion, not yet proven, that the presence of the VJOURNAL item breaks offline support.

Comment 1

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

You are correct, VJOURNAL is not yet supported in Lightning. The message could indicate that the failing item was gracefully detected and ignored. Do you see any problems except this message? Do you see the events and tasks from the calendar?

Did you really enabled the experimental ical.js backend? Or do you use the default libical backend?

Comment 2

[Greg K.]

(In reply to Stefan Sitter from comment #1)
> You are correct, VJOURNAL is not yet supported in Lightning. The message
> could indicate that the failing item was gracefully detected and ignored. Do
> you see any problems except this message? Do you see the events and tasks
> from the calendar?

I still see events and tasks from the calendar in question. I have lately observed offline support no longer working across multiple calendars, though, and have been trying to determine why.

> Did you really enabled the experimental ical.js backend? Or do you use the
> default libical backend?

No, I haven't enabled ical.js.

Comment 3

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen] [:📆][:🧩]]

In that case I think its best to dupe against the vjournal bug. Unless I am mistaking, the message you are seeing is merely cosmetical and doesn't stop parsing the remaining items. If this is not the case please un-dupe.