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🐞 Editor fails to load after updating WP to v6.9.1 with missing script dependencies in Elementor Editor Pro #34617

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🐞 Editor fails to load after updating WP to v6.9.1 with missing script dependencies in Elementor Editor Pro#34617
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@aidemindi
aidemindi
opened on Feb 4, 2026

Description

I cannot use the Elementor editor after upgrading to WP 6.9.1: I get this error at the top of the screen:

Notice: Function WP_Scripts::add was called incorrectly. 
The script with the handle "elementor-v2-editor-interactions" was enqueued with dependencies that are not registered: elementor-v2-editor-controls, elementor-v2-editor-elements. 
Please see [Debugging in WordPress](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/) for more information. 
(This message was added in version 6.9.1.) in /home/customer/www/staging3.aidemdigital.org.uk/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function WP_Scripts::add was called incorrectly.
 The script with the handle "elementor-v2-editor-components" was enqueued with dependencies that are not registered: elementor-v2-editor-canvas, elementor-v2-editor-controls, elementor-v2-editor-editing-panel, elementor-v2-editor-elements, elementor-v2-editor-props, elementor-v2-editor-styles-repository. 
Please see [Debugging in WordPress](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/) for more information. 
(This message was added in version 6.9.1.) in /home/customer/www/staging3.aidemdigital.org.uk/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function WP_Scripts::add was called incorrectly. 
The script with the handle "elementor-v2-editor-controls-extended" was enqueued with dependencies that are not registered: elementor-v2-editor-controls, elementor-v2-editor-props. 
Please see [Debugging in WordPress](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/) for more information. 
(This message was added in version 6.9.1.) in /home/customer/www/staging3.aidemdigital.org.uk/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function WP_Scripts::add was called incorrectly. 
The script with the handle "elementor-v2-editor-editing-panel-extended" was enqueued with dependencies that are not registered: elementor-v2-editor-canvas, elementor-v2-editor-controls, elementor-v2-editor-editing-panel, elementor-v2-editor-props. 
Please see [Debugging in WordPress](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/) for more information. 
(This message was added in version 6.9.1.) in

Steps to reproduce

WordPress version 6.9.1
Elementor: 3.35.0
Elementor Pro: 3.35.0

Expected behavior

The editor to work as normal.

Elementor System Info

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== Server Environment ==
	Operating System: Linux
	Software: Apache
	MySQL version: Source distribution v8.4.5-5
	PHP Version: 8.2.30
	PHP Memory Limit: 768M
	PHP Max Input Vars: 3000
	PHP Max Post Size: 256M
	GD Installed: Yes
	ZIP Installed: Yes
	Write Permissions: All right
	Elementor Library: Connected

== WordPress Environment ==
	Version: 6.9.1
	Site URL: https://staging3.aidemdigital.org.uk
	Home URL: https://staging3.aidemdigital.org.uk
	WP Multisite: No
	Max Upload Size: 256 MB
	Memory limit: 512M
	Max Memory limit: 768M
	Permalink Structure: /%postname%/
	Language: en_US
	Timezone: 0
	Debug Mode: Active

== Theme ==
	Name: Hello Elementor Child
	Version: 2.0
	Author: Aidem Digital
	Child Theme: Yes
	Parent Theme Name: Hello Elementor
	Parent Theme Version: 3.4.5
	Parent Theme Author: Elementor Team

== User ==
	Role: administrator
	WP Profile lang: en-US
	User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

== Active Plugins ==
	Advanced Custom Fields
		Version: 6.7.0
		Author: WP Engine

	Aidem Blunor Addons
		Version: 0.3.1
		Author: Aidem Digital

	Classic Editor
		Version: 1.6.7
		Author: WordPress Contributors

	Duplicate Page
		Version: 4.5.6
		Author: mndpsingh287

	Elementor
		Version: 3.35.0
		Author: Elementor.com

	Elementor Pro
		Version: 3.35.0
		Author: Elementor.com

	ElementsKit Lite
		Version: 3.7.9
		Author: Wpmet

	Envato Elements
		Version: 2.0.16
		Author: Envato

	Filester - File Manager Pro
		Version: 2.0.2
		Author: Ninja Team

	UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore
		Version: 1.26.1
		Author: TeamUpdraft, DavidAnderson

	WP-Sweep
		Version: 1.1.8
		Author: Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan

	WP Dark Mode
		Version: 5.3.1
		Author: WPPOOL

	Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)
		Version: 5.30.11
		Author: YARPP

	Yoast SEO
		Version: 26.9
		Author: Team Yoast


== Elements Usage ==
	
	container : 47
		button : 39
		container : 456
		divider : 42
		heading : 216
		html : 10
		icon : 2
		icon-box : 1
		icon-list : 2
		image : 96
		image-box : 5
		image-carousel : 2
		progress : 3
		shortcode : 1
		social-icons : 1
		spacer : 18
		text-editor : 47
	page : 18
		button : 103
		container : 1047
		counter : 13
		divider : 88
		google_maps : 1
		heading : 614
		icon : 3
		icon-box : 9
		icon-list : 11
		image : 239
		image-box : 26
		nested-accordion : 3
		progress : 6
		rating : 1
		spacer : 39
		text-editor : 178
		video : 2
	section : 6
		container : 26
		heading : 16
		icon-list : 6
		image : 3
		text-editor : 4
	wp-post : 0
		container : 1
		text-editor : 1
	wp-page : 7
		button : 18
		container : 189
		divider : 10
		elementskit-lottie : 1
		form : 1
		heading : 149
		html : 12
		icon : 2
		image : 49
		loop-grid : 1
		lottie : 1
		spacer : 2
		text-editor : 76


== Settings ==
	
	cpt_support: post, page
	disable_color_schemes: yes
	disable_typography_schemes: yes
	allow_tracking: yes
	unfiltered_files_upload: 1
	font_display: swap
	load_fa4_shim: yes
	disabled_elements: elementskit-funfact, elementskit-image-comparison, elementskit-pricing, elementskit-team, elementskit-mail-chimp, elementskit-header-offcanvas, elementskit-contact-form7, elementskit-business-hours, elementskit-drop-caps, elementskit-social-share, elementskit-caldera-forms, elementskit-we-forms, elementskit-wp-forms, elementskit-ninja-forms, elementskit-fluent-forms


== Features ==
	Custom Fonts: 0
	Custom Icons: 0

== Integrations ==
	


== Elementor Experiments ==
	Inline Font Icons: Active
	Additional Custom Breakpoints: Active
	Container: Active
	Optimized Markup: Inactive by default
	Default to New Theme Builder: Active
	Header & Footer: Inactive by default
	Pro Free Trial Popup: Inactive by default
	Nested Elements: Active
	Pages Panel: Inactive by default
	Elementor Home Screen: Active by default
	Atomic Widgets: Inactive by default
	Global Classes: Inactive by default
	Enforce global classes capabilities: Active by default
	Variables: Active by default
	Cloud Library: Active by default
	Editor v4 (Opt In Page): Active by default
	Editor V4: Inactive by default
	Components: Active by default
	Interactions: Active by default
	Editor one: Active by default
	Import/Export Customization: Active by default
	Elementor Editor Events: Inactive by default
	Atomic Form: Inactive by default
	Menu: Active
	Size Variables: Active by default
	Pro Interactions: Inactive by default
	In-Editor Feedback: Inactive by default


== Log ==
	
Log: showing 20 of 402026-01-29 22:20:12 [info] Elementor data updater process has been queued. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.34.3',
  'to' => '3.34.4',
)]
2026-01-29 22:20:57 [info] Elementor data updater process has been queued. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.34.3',
  'to' => '3.34.4',
)]
2026-01-29 22:24:25 [info] elementor::elementor_updater Started 
2026-01-29 22:24:25 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2026-01-29 22:24:26 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2026-01-29 22:24:26 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.34.3',
  'to' => '3.34.4',
)]
2026-01-29 22:24:30 [info] elementor-pro::elementor_pro_updater Started 
2026-01-29 22:24:30 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2026-01-29 22:24:30 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2026-01-29 22:24:30 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.34.3',
  'to' => '3.34.4',
)]
2026-02-03 08:20:51 [info] Elementor data updater process has been queued. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.34.4',
  'to' => '3.35.0',
)]
2026-02-03 08:20:57 [info] Elementor data updater process has been queued. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.34.4',
  'to' => '3.35.0',
)]
2026-02-03 08:21:01 [info] elementor::elementor_updater Started 
2026-02-03 08:21:01 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2026-02-03 08:21:02 [info] Elementor/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2026-02-03 08:21:02 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor',
  'from' => '3.34.4',
  'to' => '3.35.0',
)]
2026-02-03 08:21:06 [info] elementor-pro::elementor_pro_updater Started 
2026-02-03 08:21:06 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2026-02-03 08:21:06 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2026-02-03 08:21:06 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.34.4',
  'to' => '3.35.0',
)]

PHP: showing 1 of 1PHP: 2026-01-22 12:02:27 [notice X 45][/home/customer/www/staging3.aidemdigital.org.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/elementor/includes/base/controls-stack.php::230] hexdec(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($hex_string) of type string is deprecated [array (
  'trace' => '
#0: Elementor\Core\Logger\Manager -> shutdown()
',
)]

JS: showing 1 of 1JS: 2026-02-04 09:31:36 [error X 3][https://staging3.aidemdigital.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/js/admin.min.js?ver=3.35.0:2:45739] r.startsWith is not a function 



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