topic Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name in Data Engineering

Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:01:23 GMT

The notebooks were deleted, and now I’m trying to sync them back from the repository, but it’s not working.

I’m getting the following error:

“Failed to complete request
We couldn't complete this request because the items in the following list have a reserved name. Try again later.”

I’ve already waited for about an hour, but the issue still persists.

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:35:25 GMT

I tried to create a new workspace, but pull of the existing repository also is not working.
The same error - the items in the following list have a reserved name
But it is weird - workspace is completely new and there were not any objects yet

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

Murtaza_Ghafoor — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:45:39 GMT

@BorArt

Why is this happening ?
When a notebook or pipeline deleted from the workspace, but internal metadata or soft delete reference still exist in the workspace

“the items of following have a reserved name”

Workaround:

Rename the notebook in the repository and reconnecting Git resolves the issue because Fabric treats it as a new thing instead of restoring the deleted notebook.

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Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:22:56 GMT

No, it does not work
I changed "displayName": "name_v2",

And folder name for this notebook
And I still see the same issue

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:07:54 GMT

It seems that I can not pull the same notebook if it was already created in other workpsace
How to resolve this kind of issues?

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

tayloramy — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:50:51 GMT

Hi @BorArt,

That's interesting, I've not encounted this issue before.

Are you using GItHub or DevOps? It shouldn't matter but maybe we can narrow down the scope and get to the bottom of this.

Have you tried "branching out" to a new workspace. Instead of creating a new workspace and connecting it to git, from the git menu in the original workspace you can branch out which will both create a new branch on the repo and create a new workspace connected to that branch.

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:07:44 GMT

I’m using GitHub and I managed to narrow the issue down.

I was switching between branches with different content:

Branch main → contains notebook_1
Branch dev → contains notebook_1 and notebook_2

When I tried to switch back from main to dev, I got the error:
“the items in the following list have a reserved name.”

Then I tried pulling the same repo into a newly created workspace — and hit the same issue.

Next, I used a deployment pipeline to move the items into another new workspace (not the corrupted one). That worked. After that, I connected the Git repository to this new workspace, and now I can switch between branches with different item sets without any problems. It also started working again in the original workspace.

So at the moment, the issue is gone, but the workaround feels quite strange.

However, I still cannot pull the repository into a completely empty workspace.

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:28:12 GMT

>> However, I still cannot pull the repository into a completely empty workspace.

It fixes if I create a deployment pipeline to a workspace.

Even then I can remove the deployment pipeline, but this issue does not appear again

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:29:25 GMT

"branching out" to a new workspace is also working

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

tayloramy — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:25:15 GMT

Hi @BorArt,

Very facinating.

Are you able to replicate this?
If you start a brand new workspace with a brand new repo, and do the same thing does it break?

If you can replicate it, then this is likely an edge case bug that needs to be addressed. Let me know if you are able to replicate it or not and I can see about poking some people and submitting a formal bug report.

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

BorArt — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:41:43 GMT

Hi @tayloramy ,

I tried again today and couldn’t reproduce the issue.
It appears to be resolved.

Re: Git sync with Workspace error - the items in the following list have a reserved name

gwobben — Fri, 15 May 2026 09:03:42 GMT

Same issue here. Did you find solution?