Kili export failed error "Label asset not found for project" during download

TL;DR

Fix this in Kili by acting on the exact message first: list the assets in the project and compare their ids with the ids the labels reference, restore or re-upload the missing asset under the same external id, then restart the export. Do not rerun the whole job unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one item, then rerun the full scope and reconcile the counts.

Label asset not found for project

Use this when

• The operation in Kili fails with this exact message: Label asset not found for project.
• The same failure repeats on retry with unchanged inputs.
• A review, export or check is blocked until this item completes.

Not for this skill when

• The message is a permission or outage notice from the platform. Resolve that first, then return here if this error remains.
• The operation completes and you only disagree with its output. That is a quality review, not this failure.

Steps

1. Reproduce the failure with the smallest scope that still shows it in Kili, and copy the full message plus the item, user or metric involved into the run notes. Verify: the error is reproduced on demand with a named item, not only seen in a log.
2. Apply the specific fix for this error: list the assets in the project and compare their ids with the ids the labels reference, restore or re-upload the missing asset under the same external id, then restart the export. Verify: the export resolves every referenced asset and produces output for all of them.
3. Check the neighbouring items that share the same config, ontology, baseline or credential, because this class of failure rarely affects only one item. Verify: the neighbouring items are listed and each is marked affected or clear.
4. Rerun the original operation in Kili on the previously failing scope, watching for the same message rather than assuming success from a quiet log. Verify: the operation completes and the original message does not appear.
5. Compare the result counts, decisions or alerts against the source in Kili so a silent partial success is caught before sign off. Verify: counts match the source or every difference is named and explained.
6. Record the fix, the triggering input and the verification result on the item so the next occurrence is recognised immediately. Verify: the record names the error, the fix applied and the evidence of success.

Why it happens

Labels point at assets by id; deleting or re-uploading an asset under a new id orphans the labels that reference it.

Variant phrasings

Label asset not found for project

The verbatim form searchers paste from the terminal or console. Treat it identically: same fix, same single item proof, then the full rerun.

How to fix: Kili export failed error "Label asset not found for project" during download

The how-to phrasing for the same failure in Kili. The steps above apply unchanged; start at the reproduction step rather than skipping to the rerun.

Kili troubleshooting for this failure

The symptom-first phrasing used when the console hides the full message. Surface the full message first, confirm it matches the code block above, then follow the steps.

Compatibility: Kili at current versions, plus the platform API or console the query names; no extra tooling beyond a text editor and the source system access needed to verify counts.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_AY4qncf-w9eGj4hsSHw8wg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_AY4qncf-w9eGj4hsSHw8wg

Thread query: Kili export failed error "Label asset not found for project" during download

TL;DR: Fix this in Kili by acting on the exact message first: list the assets in the project and compare their ids with the ids the labels reference, restore or re-upload the missing asset under the same external id, then restart the export. Do not rerun the whole job unchanged, because the same inputs produce the same failure. Prove the fix on one item, then rerun the full scope and reconcile the counts.