I am using NodeRED as an embedded package on a Windows machine. I'm trying to create a custom node and I ran into a problem with it not being registered. I thought I'd start again in a new NodeJS project in a new folder and copy the embedding example index.js there. When I try to start this fresh s…

Thanks, this did the trick. I deleted the flows.json file and restarted the server so it works now.

Fresh NodeRED instance is waiting for a non-existent type to be registered

knolleary 21 September 2022 11:46 2

A message like that means the flows file Node-RED is loading contains an instance of my-custom-node.

The startup log includes the full path of the flows file it is using - check that is what you expect it to be and what it contains.

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