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🐞 Editor fails to load after updating WP to v6.9.1 with missing script dependencies in Elementor Editor Pro
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Description
### 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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```txt
== 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
== Elementor - Compatibility Tag ==
Elementor Pro: Compatibility not specified
== Elementor Pro - Compatibility Tag ==
```
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