Issue #6706Opened February 13, 2026by saeedhbi0 reactions

BUG: TypeError: e.getRoot is not a function (Race condition in Style Manager)

Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

All browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge)

Reproducible demo link

https://jsfiddle.net/saeedhbi/powxyjdq/3/

Describe the bug

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. Initialize a GrapeJS editor
  2. Select a component in the canvas
  3. Quickly delete the component (press Delete key or use delete command)
  4. Style Manager's debounced update callback executes after component is destroyed
  5. Observe TypeError: e.getRoot is not a function

What is the expected behavior? The Style Manager should validate that components are still valid before attempting to call methods on them. Either:

  1. Filter out destroyed/invalid components before processing
  2. Add try-catch guards around component method calls
  3. Check component validity (e.g., typeof component.getRoot === 'function') before invoking methods

No error should be thrown when components are removed during async style updates.

What is the current behavior? GrapeJS throws TypeError: e.getRoot is not a function when the Style Manager attempts to update styles on a component that has been destroyed or removed from the DOM. This is a race condition between component selection/style updates and component removal/destruction.

Error messages:

Chrome:

TypeError: e.getRoot is not a function

Safari:

TypeError: e.getRoot is not a function. (In 'e.getRoot()', 'e.getRoot' is undefined)

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Answers (2)

artf• February 18, 20260 reactions

Similar to https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/issues/6705

I'm not able to create that kind of race condition (eg. select and remove via API) and in your example is checking getRoot on a component, but there is no such a method on the Component API

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