Member picker does not allow removal of a previously selected member that has now been deleted

[JosRaedts]

Which Umbraco version are you using?

16.2.0

Bug summary

When removing an item from the CMS (including recycle bin) that other items depend on, the dependent items become unusable and unpublishable

Specifics

Before removing the attached item:

After removing the attached item:

Definition of the field:

When attempting to publish with broken link:

Side note: Just wondering if actually clearing the items from the recycle bin should be considered as a crime or if keeping it cleaned up is actually a good thing?

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a document type with a content picker as a field
2. Create a document based on the before-mentioned document type
3. Select an item to link it to the content picker field and click on save and publish.
4. Remove the attached item from the CMS (also from the recycle bin)
5. I'm now unable to publish the item or attach a new item to the content picker field

Expected result / actual result

AR: The field becomes unusable, but still broken, leading to problems when publishing the item in the future. Having to recreate the item and copying every component and other field values
ER: Having the possibility to remove the link to the removed resource and create a new link without having to create a new item

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This item has been added to our backlog AB#61170

[github-actions]

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[AndyButland]

I believe this duplicates #20087 and is resolved for 16.3. As such I'll mark this as a duplicate and close, but if you find the behaviour unresolved for 16.3 when the RC is out, please feel free to re-raise.

[JosRaedts]

Hi @AndyButland,

I have imported some data and now I notice that I see the same behavior happening.
In this case it's not blocking me from publishing, but I cannot remove the reference and then link a new item to it.

I'm using Umbraco 16.3.1

Here's what I mean (and what is also in the screenshots above):

The "candidate" field is a member picker and the value that is in there is currently linked to a member that is currently not available.

I want to ask you to re-open this issue. It would be amazing if there's some way to delete the field value to get the opportunity to link another member to this item.

If you or anyone else need extra information, please let me know.

[AndyButland]

Thanks, I'll re-open and re-title. I haven't tested yet but it sounds like the fix made to content picker associated with the issue I marked this as a duplicate of hasn't made it to the member picker.

[AndyButland]

Can replicate - with a member picker, with a selected member that is subsequently deleted, you can't remove the reference to the existing one and select a new one: