Some assets do not have any metadata and trigger an exception

[nsabosch]

Bug description

Assets without metadata trigger an exception and prevent the Control Panel from listing assets in the affected directory.

Exception Details

• Class: TypeError
• Message: Carbon\Carbon::createFromTimestamp(): Argument statamic/cms#1 ($timestamp) must be of type string|int|float, null given, called in .../vendor/statamic/cms/src/Assets/Asset.php on line 598
• Code: 0
• Handled: false
• File: vendor/nesbot/carbon/src/Carbon/Traits/Timestamp.php:29

Stack Trace (most recent call first)

• [0] Carbon\Carbon::createFromTimestamp()
  at vendor/nesbot/carbon/src/Carbon/Traits/Timestamp.php:29
• [1] Carbon\Carbon::createFromTimestamp()
  at vendor/statamic/cms/src/Assets/Asset.php:598
• [2] Statamic\Assets\Asset->lastModified()
  at vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Support/Traits/ForwardsCalls.php:23
• [3] Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource->forwardCallTo()
  at vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Http/Resources/DelegatesToResource.php:155
• [4] Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource->__call()
  at vendor/statamic/cms/src/Http/Resources/CP/Assets/FolderAsset.php:19
• [5] Statamic\Http\Resources\CP\Assets\FolderAsset->toArray()
  at vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Collections/HigherOrderCollectionProxy.php:66
• [6] Illuminate\Support\HigherOrderCollectionProxy->Illuminate\Support{closure}()
  at [internal function]
  ...

How to reproduce

1. Configure Statamic to use the Eloquent assets metadata driver.
2. Ensure an asset exists where the metadata is present but does not include anything:

{
  "data": []
}

3. Open the Control Panel and navigate to the asset container / folder that includes this asset.

4. The Control Panel fails to list the assets and throws the exception (createFromTimestamp(null)).

Temporary hotfix / workaround

Manually setting a last_modified timestamp in the metadata prevents the exception, e.g.:

{
  "data": [],
  "last_modified": 1711738717
}

We haven’t identified the root cause yet. In our case, assets with missing metadata appear intermittently across multiple file types (e.g. .mp4, .jpg, .png).

Logs

Environment

Environment

Laravel Version: 12.41.1
PHP Version: 8.3.27
Composer Version: -
Environment: production
Debug Mode: OFF
Maintenance Mode: OFF
Timezone: UTC
Locale: en

Cache

Config: CACHED
Events: CACHED
Routes: CACHED
Views: CACHED

Drivers

Broadcasting: log
Cache: redis
Database: mysql
Logs: stack / single, flare, nightwatch
Mail: ses
Queue: database
Scout: database
Session: redis

Storage

public/storage: NOT LINKED
disk: s3

Statamic

Addons: 4
Sites: 27
Stache Watcher: Disabled
Static Caching: Disabled
Version: 5.70.0 PRO

Statamic Addons

statamic/eloquent-driver: 4.35.1

Statamic Eloquent Driver

Asset Containers: eloquent
Assets: eloquent
Blueprints: file
Collection Trees: eloquent
Collections: file
Entries: eloquent
Fieldsets: file
Form Submissions: file
Forms: eloquent
Global Sets: eloquent
Global Variables: eloquent
Navigation Trees: eloquent
Navigations: file
Revisions: eloquent
Sites: file
Taxonomies: file
Terms: eloquent
Tokens: eloquent

Installation

Existing Laravel app

Additional details

No response

[duncanmcclean]

That's strange. I'm assuming you've run php please eloquent:sync-assets at some point?