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The original was posted on /r/tasker by /u/JD_Number_6 on 2023-08-24 22:22:45.
Yesterday I started getting "Task doesn't exist" errors when trying to call a new task from the Perform Task action.
Tasker had recently resumed throwing "out of memory" errors, but not wanting to get rid of anything, I tried a number of things that failed.
Here's what finally worked:
(0. Confirm the error still occurs after choosing the task from Perform Task's task selection menu to avoid typos)
- Back up Tasker
- Export unneeded projects
- Delete the exported projects
- Exit Tasker
- Restart Tasker
Hopefully this will save others' time if they find themselves in the same situation and are resisting doing housecleaning.
BACKGROUND INFO FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS IT:
It didn't matter how I created the new task or whether I copied and pasted its name into the Perform or chose it from the selection menu: I still got the error.
No combination of backing up, exiting completely out of Tasker, or even restarting Android fixed the problem.
I had been getting the Tasker out of memory errors off and on for months. They went away for a month or two after getting rid of 4 or 5 global vars ranging in size from 100K to 800K, but started reappearing in the last few days.
In desperation, I backed up Tasker again, exported and deleted about 15 projects I wasn't using, then exited and restarted Tasker, and the Perform Task executed without error.
Until now, I'd worried about the out of memory errors, but hadn't found any evidence of something actually failing. Sigh.