Article - CS354704
Unable to package project in ThingWorx with error "Cannot update existing Extension Package because it is trying to remove the following Entities that are still in use"
Modified: 11-Jun-2025
Applies To
- ThingWorx Platform 8.5 to 9.7
Description
- Unable to package project for deployment to other environments via Solution Central
- Previous project versions packaged and deployed successfully
- Upon importing a new version of a custom extension , it fails with below error:
Cannot update existing Extension Package [<projectName>] because it is trying to remove the following Entities that are still in use: [entity: <projectName>.<entity>, used-by: <projectName>.<entity> ][entity: <projectName>.<entity>, used-by: <projectName>.<entity> ][entity: <projectName>.<entity>, used-by: <projectName>.<entity> ]
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