Startup error in Emacs: "Project … cannot be read"

The Problem The other day, when I started Emacs as usual, the following message appeared in the minibuffer: Project <Project Name> at <Project Path> cannot be read. Emacs then became a piece of software that simply displayed a white screen. I had recently changed the path of this project, so I suspected that might be the cause. I tried modifying/deleting the project path in projectile-known-projects-file, but the situation didn’t improve. I also tried commands like doom sync and doom upgrade, but none of these resolved the issue....

February 23, 2025 · 1 min · Kaoru Babasaki