AI Assistant: TypeError: Cannot assign null to property Drupal\ai_assistant_api\Entity\AiAssistant::$history_context_length of type string
>>> [!note] Migrated issue
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<!-- Migrated from issue #3489902. -->
Reported by: [socialnicheguru](https://www.drupal.org/user/111846)
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>Cannot update to the latest dev:</p>
<p> TypeError: Cannot assign null to property Drupal\ai_assistant_api\Entity\AiAssistant::$history_context_length of type string in /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBase.php on line 63 #0 /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityBase.php(112): Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityBase->__construct()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #1 /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php(418): Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityBase->__construct()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #2 /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityStorage.php(298): Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase->mapFromStorageRecords()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #3 /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php(486): Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityStorage->doSave()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #4 /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityStorage.php(266): Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase->save()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #5 /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBase.php(354): Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityStorage->save()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #6 /var/aegir/platforms/drupal/10/distro/1-dev/custo<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com[error]<br>
>> Drush command terminated abnormally due to an unrecoverable error.<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> m/dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityBase.php(614): Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityBase->save()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #7 /drupal-10.3.x/html/modules/contrib/ai/modules/ai_assistant_api/ai_assistant_api.install(17): Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityBase->save()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #8 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/commands/core/drupal/update_10.inc(66): ai_assistant_api_update_10200()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #9 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/commands/core/drupal/batch_10.inc(178): drush_update_do_one()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #10 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/commands/core/drupal/batch_10.inc(124): _drush_batch_worker()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #11 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/includes/batch.inc(99): _drush_batch_command()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #12 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/commands/core/drupal/update_10.inc(245): drush_batch_command()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #13 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/commands/core/core.drush.inc(1246): _update_batch_command()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #14 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/includes/command.inc(422): drush_core_updatedb_batch_process()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #15 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/includes/command.inc(231): _drush_invoke_hooks()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #16 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/includes/command.inc(199): drush_command()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #17 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/lib/Drush/Boot/BaseBoot.php(67): drush_dispatch()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #18 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/includes/preflight.inc(67): Drush\Boot\BaseBoot->bootstrap_and_dispatch()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #19 /usr/local/share/boa-drush/drush.php(12): drush_main()<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> #20 {main}<br>
.var.aegir.platforms.drupal.10.distro.1-dev.custom.dev4-cci-social-13.x-drupal-10.3.x.html#mysite.com >> TypeError: Cannot assign null to property Drupal\ai_assistant_api\Entity\AiAssistant::$history_context_length of type string in Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityBase->__construct() (line 63 of /drupal-10.3.x/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBase.php).</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>drush updatedb<br>
and it halts with the above error.</p>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
issue
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