Power BI Workspace Source Control is Broken Again

Hey noahfox ,

Thanks for sharing the detailed screenshots  it looks like you're running into a known hiccup that started appearing recently after Microsoft introduced folder support for Git in Fabric. Fabric now reflects folder structures in Git, which can unexpectedly trigger a large number of false change/conflict detections, especially if you didn't make any recent manual updates. That’s probably because of,

• You’re seeing 66 changes / 98 updates suddenly.
• The system shows 52 conflicts, even though you didn't touch those items.
• Clicking “Update All” shows a blank screen this seems to be a UI bug when the system can’t fully render large or malformed diffs.

1. Avoid “Update All” until you review changes
   Since it’s blank, it’s risky  especially if you’re unsure what those changes are.

2. Use the API or Git CLI to check what's changed
   You can compare your workspace’s current Git head vs the repo head to see if the structure change is causing the mismatch.

3. If using the Power BI REST API, look out for this json.

{
  "errorCode": "WorkspaceHeadMismatch",
  "message": "The workspace head does not match the current head."
}

That error means your workspace is out of sync with Git which fits the situation. Interestingly, in your case the update still succeeded, so it seems the backend accepted it after a force.

4. Workaround if things remain broken

• Export your artifacts (PBIX, datasets, etc.)
• Disconnect Git from the workspace
• Reconnect and resync to start fresh from the Git branch

Also check whether any recent Fabric commits in the Git repo added .folders or changed file paths that’s often the root of these surprise sync issues.

Regards,
Akhil.