# X_MANIFEST_MISSING

## Means

the app ships no `x.manifest.json` at all

## Typical cause

nothing ever ran `x manifest`: after `x new`, `bun run setup` and every generator, the file did not exist while the gate's `manifest` step reported green — because the drift check has nothing to compare when the file is absent. Its own code because the repair differs from both neighbours: `X_MANIFEST_DRIFT` means the committed file disagrees with the code, `X_MANIFEST_STALE` means `openapi.json` does, this one means there is nothing there. Raised only at an app root — this repo emits `framework.manifest.json` and has no `x.manifest.json` to be missing

## Fix

`x manifest`

[Admin and manifest](/error-codes#admin-and-manifest)