Article - CS336004
Unable to create a Thing with the same name as a Thing that was previously deleted in ThingWorx
Modified: 08-Apr-2026
Applies To
- ThingWorx Platform 8.0 to 10.1
Description
- Unable to create or Import an Entity with the same name as a Entity that was previously deleted in ThingWorx
Unable to create thing: xxxx : [1,018] Data store unknown error: [Error occurred while accessing the model provider.] org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint "model_index_entities_ukey" Detail: Key (entity_name, entity_type)=(xxxx) already exists Unable to create thing: xxxx : [1,018] Data store unknown error: [Error occurred while accessing the model provider.]- Thing name is not accessible from Service or Composer
- Thing not detected as Ghost entity
- For more information about ghost entities refer to
- CS198580 Detection, Removal and Prevention of Ghost Entities in ThingWorx Platform
- Help Center: "Creation and Deletion of Ghost Entities"
- For more information about ghost entities refer to
- Deleted entities are reappearing after restarting the platform
- The Thing information exists in the database tables thing_model and model_index, but it doesn't appear in ThingWorx Composer
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