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[og900aero]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux X11

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

alacritty 0.15.1

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 25.6.11 (8490729 2025-08-19)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.89.0 (29483883 2025-08-04)

Ya
    Version: 25.6.11 (8490729 2025-08-19)

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("alacritty")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : None
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Right(Unknown { kgp: false, sixel: true }), light: false, csi_16t: (0, 0), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Sixel
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 52, columns: 212, width: 1908, height: 1144 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("tty")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":0")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/bin/bash")
    EDITOR          : Some("micro")
    VISUAL          : Some("micro")
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: Some("--exact --color=fg:#f8f8f2,hl:#bd93f9 --color=fg+:#f8f8f2,bg+:#44475a,hl+:#bd93f9 --color=info:#ffb86c,prompt:#50fa7b,pointer:#ff79c6 --color=marker:#ff79c6,spinner:#ffb86c,header:#6272a4")

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "$EDITOR \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "Text editor", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "$EDITOR \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "Text editor", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "$EDITOR \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "Text editor", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : 3.6
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unsupported
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1.1-1 / 7.1.1-1
    pdftoppm      : 25.03.0
    magick        : 7.1.1-43
    fzf           : 0.65.1
    fd/fdfind     : No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : 1.14.5
    zoxide        : 0.9.7
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 24.09
    resvg         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.7

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain

Describe the question

When I try to access a folder that I don't have permission to access, normally it should display an error message saying "Error: permission denied."
However, I get a completely blank black window. I found out what was causing the error. In the init.lua file, I use an entry like this to display the date and time in the status:

-- Status bar time
Status:children_add(function()
    local time = (cx.active.current.hovered.cha.mtime or 0) // 1
    local ui_date = nil

    if time == 0 then
        ui_date = ""
    else
		ui_date = os.date("%A %b %d %H:%M %Y", time)
    end

    return ui.Line{
        ui.Span(""):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
        ui.Span(" "):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
		ui.Span(ui_date):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
        ui.Span(" "):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
        ui.Span(""):fg("magenta"):bg("black"),
    }
end, 300, Status.LEFT)

The problem is caused by the line
local time = (cx.active.current.hovered.cha.mtime or 0) // 1
but I don't understand why.

Does anyone have any idea what's wrong with that line?

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

local time = (cx.active.current.hovered.cha.mtime or 0) // 1

The type of cx.active.current.hovered is File?, which means it may be nil

If there's no file within the folder at all, then there's also no hovered file, so you need to check if it's nil:

if not cx.active.current.hovered then
  return ui.Line {}
end

I'd recommend using the types.yazi which is a type definition of Yazi APIs to avoid all such errors - LSP is your friend!

[og900aero]

I get another solution from another forum:

-- Status bar time
Status:children_add(function()
local time = 0
if cx.active.current.hovered and cx.active.current.hovered.cha then
time = (cx.active.current.hovered.cha.mtime or 0) // 1
end

local ui_date = ""
if time > 0 then
    ui_date = os.date("%A %b %d %H:%M %Y", time)
end

return ui.Line{
    ui.Span(""):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
    ui.Span(" "):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
    ui.Span(ui_date):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
    ui.Span(" "):fg("black"):bg("magenta"),
    ui.Span(""):fg("magenta"):bg("black"),
}

end, 300, Status.LEFT)

This is working too in forst look.
Do u think is good solution (as Yazi's developer)? (I'm not a programmer, just the general user)