Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Default Calendar Not Loading Events After New MM Update
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@sdetweil Using pm2, I see a lot of “could not expand event” errors. Here’s one:
" [2026-04-02 12:29:21.274] [ERROR] [calendar] Could not expand event “Hockey vs. C”: ical.expandRecurringEvent is not a function"
Thanks
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@hrt13 awesome to help could you find that event
curl -sL the_url_for_calendar >somefile.txtThen edit somefile.txt and search for that title
Copy
Begin:vevent
…
End:veventAnd paste here. In code block
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I think this is it, it may be in the past (I’ll look for a more current one, I didn’t think I was getting events from the past), also, sorry about the ^M’s:
BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150228T005000Z DTEND:20150228T022000Z DTSTAMP:20260402T201324Z UID:somenumber@google.com CREATED:20150130T132500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150130T132500Z LOCATION:GIH - Logsdon SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Hockey vs. C TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT -
@hrt13 is there one on a repeating schedule?
We shouldn’t expand one if it doesn’t have an rrule
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There are some recent repeating events though I’m not sure any show in the logs. I’ll see if I can find some new events. Looking at the logs again, it seems it’s retrieving lots of past events which, of course, wouldn’t show on the calendar. The latest I’ve seen so far is an event from Jan 2026.
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@sdetweil this is definitely a repeating schedule
Log file error:
[2026-04-02 19:59:16.671] [ERROR] [calendar] Could not expand event “Tax Day”: ical.expandRecurringEvent is not a functioncurl -sL output
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Holidays in United States X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC X-WR-CALDESC:Holidays and Observances in United States . . . BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220419 DTSTAMP:20260403T003912Z UID:20220418_clveaq2fmqp95elk3vma4ifhcs@google.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20240603T101345Z DESCRIPTION:Observance\nTo hide observances\, go to Google Calendar Setting s > Holidays in United States LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T101345Z SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Tax Day TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT . . . BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260416 DTSTAMP:20260403T003912Z UID:20260415_fkehtfbgrr6j65q23flu2k5vu0@google.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20240603T101355Z DESCRIPTION:Observance\nTo hide observances\, go to Google Calendar Setting s > Holidays in United States LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T101355Z SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Tax Day TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT -
@hrt13 hmm. A repeating event has one vevent, with an rrule line that describes how it repeats
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node --run install-mm
trying it now, it is taking a while. Will let you know.
I used mmpm to update, I guess it doesn’t update the dependencies. -
A workaround for users still having issues with the calendar. There was a problem with the
node-icalpackage for some events. This has just been fixed with a newnode-icalrelease (v0.26.0).To use the new version, run this command in the MagicMirror directory:
npm install node-ical@latest.Note that this will change your
package.jsonandpackage-lock.jsonfiles, which would cause conflicts during the next MagicMirror update. Therefore, also run the following to restore them:
git restore package*.jsonYou will then have v0.26.0 installed - the
package.jsonfile say otherwise, but that doesn’t matter.Please give some feedback if that helps :-)
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I have just updated to the latest version and have the same issue of the Calendar not loading.
I have tried the above suggestions but still not able to load gmail calendars
I did use the script to update MM and all dependancies
Any help appreciated
Thanks
DoogyRev
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@doogy_rev can you show me the ~/MagicMirror/installers/upgrade.log
Maybe send it to me
Same userid at gmailIt is two part process, right?
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Hi Sam,
Log sent to your gmail
Thanks
DoogyRev
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@doogy_rev it looks like you tried it manually, git pull, and the latest code was already present
local version 2.35.0 already same as master 2.35.0
The upgrade by default will not upgrade over the existing version
To fix, rerun and change the parm from apply to force
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@doogy_rev it looks like you tried it manually, git pull, and the latest code was already present
local version 2.35.0 already same as master 2.35.0
The upgrade by default will not upgrade over the existing version
To fix, rerun and change the parm from apply to force
ok, so I know enough to be dangerous, what is the command I should be committing?
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@doogy_rev if you copy paste the second upgrade command from my script GitHub repo, you will see the word
apply
At the end
Change that to
force
And hit enter
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@sdetweil That worked, thanks very much.
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@doogy_rev awesome… thanks for the feedback
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My calendar also stopped showing events (from my Google calendar).
Running
bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/upgrade-script.sh)" forcefixed it for me. It worked like ‘Magic’ - pun intended.
Thank you!!
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@Athlon ok, that means the manual upgrade failed. but pulled the new code
git pull && npm run install-mmmeans the git pull encountered a problem, and the npm run didn’t happen,m
but there is no log…can you send me the ~/MagicMirror/installers/upgrade.log so I can see what the problem might have been
same userid at gmail, thanks…
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