Power BI Desktop cannot open semantic model

[Julian_W]

I do not find the page to file a bug for PBI desktop. So I report it here for vis.

The new release of pbi desktop (2.151, releasaed on Feb 25, 2026 instroduced a new issue as below.

Reverting to 2.150 (released in Jan, 2026) will fix the issue.

Issue

When I tried to open a semantic model with Power BI desktop via "Edit in Desktop", it errors out, sometimes the error is related to "Power BI Free users", sometimes it is related to "XMLA endpoint".

[v-saisrao-msft]

Hi @Julian_W,

Could you let me know if you have raised the support ticket as suggested by @lbendlin ? If you find any insights, please share them here so other community members can benefit.

Thank you.

[lbendlin]

If you have a Pro license you can open a Pro ticket at https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/newsupportticket/powerbi
Otherwise you can raise an issue at https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues .