Error upon Migrate content type with workflow: Call to a member function label() on null in Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransition->logError()
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Reported by: [lynettew](https://www.drupal.org/user/3501359)
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>Using drush migrate-import to do a targeted upgrade/migration of node content type containing workflow integration causes php error.</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>I am attempting to run a targeted migration to import node data for a specific node type (called course_request on my site) using drush migrate-import. When extincting the command, I get the error:</p>
<blockquote><p>Error: Call to a member function label() on null in Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransition->logError() (line 1060 of [error]<br>
C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\workflow\src\Entity\WorkflowTransition.php) #0<br>
C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\workflow\src\Entity\WorkflowTransition.php(317): Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransition->logError('Setting a non-r...')<br>
#1 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\workflow\src\Entity\WorkflowTransition.php(471): Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransition->isValid()<br>
#2 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\workflow\src\Entity\WorkflowManager.php(192): Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransition->execute()<br>
#3 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\workflow\workflow.module(165):<br>
Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowManager::executeTransitionsOfEntity(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#4 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\workflow\workflow.module(145): _workflow_execute_transitions(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#5 [internal function]: workflow_entity_presave(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#6 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandler.php(403): call_user_func_array('workflow_entity...', Array)<br>
#7 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase.php(206): Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandler->invokeAll('entity_presave', Array)<br>
#8 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityStorageBase.php(843): Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase->invokeHook('presave',<br>
Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#9 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase.php(500): Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityStorageBase->invokeHook('presave',<br>
Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#10 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityStorageBase.php(700):<br>
Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase->doPreSave(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#11 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase.php(454):<br>
Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityStorageBase->doPreSave(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#12 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage.php(837): Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageBase->save(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#13 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\lib\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityBase.php(395): Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage->save(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node))<br>
#14 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\modules\migrate\src\Plugin\migrate\destination\EntityContentBase.php(214): Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityBase->save()<br>
#15 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\modules\migrate\src\Plugin\migrate\destination\EntityContentBase.php(174):<br>
Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\destination\EntityContentBase->save(Object(Drupal\node\Entity\Node), Array)<br>
#16 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\core\modules\migrate\src\MigrateExecutable.php(230):<br>
Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\destination\EntityContentBase->import(Object(Drupal\migrate\Row), Array)<br>
#17 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\includes\drush.inc(722): Drupal\migrate\MigrateExecutable->import()<br>
#18 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\includes\drush.inc(713): drush_call_user_func_array(Array, Array)<br>
#19 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\migrate_tools\migrate_tools.drush.inc(326): drush_op(Array)<br>
#20 [internal function]: _drush_migrate_tools_execute_migration(Object(Drupal\migrate\Plugin\Migration), 'd7_node:course_...', Array)<br>
#21 C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\migrate_tools\migrate_tools.drush.inc(281): array_walk(Array, '_drush_migrate_...', Array)<br>
#22 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\includes\command.inc(422): drush_migrate_tools_migrate_import('d7_node:course_...')<br>
#23 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\includes\command.inc(231): _drush_invoke_hooks(Array, Array)<br>
#24 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\includes\command.inc(199): drush_command('d7_node:course_...')<br>
#25 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\lib\Drush\Boot\BaseBoot.php(67): drush_dispatch(Array)<br>
#26 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\includes\preflight.inc(67): Drush\Boot\BaseBoot->bootstrap_and_dispatch()<br>
#27 C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\drush\drush\drush.php(12): drush_main()<br>
#28 {main}.<br>
Error: Call to a member function label() on null in Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransition->logError() (line 1060 of C:\wamp64\www\drupal8\modules\contrib\workflow\src\Entity\WorkflowTransition.php).<br>
Drush command terminated abnormally due to an unrecoverable error. [error]
</p></blockquote>
<p>As a test, I ran migrate-import on a node type that is not integrated with workflow, and that seemed to work fine. I saw other issues where users had switched to dev to resolve their issues, so I tried switching to 8.x.1-dev, but still got the errors. I even tried to turn off "Log watchdog messages upon state change" thinking that might prevent any issues during the migration, but that didn't clear up the error either. </p>
<p>Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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