Marc Bernard

i have a fix. needs some more testing

yes

i hate changing custom code to work around SAP bugs. how on earth did the upgrade drop $ packages? what's the SAP note/fix for this? regarding popup clicks, that's another...

That's unfortunately a general issue with HTMLGUI: round trips refresh all of the HTML

Probable root cause for the missing $ packages: - [2478895](https://me.sap.com/notes/2478895) - ATO Package Lost in Upgrade Related notes: - [3066003](https://me.sap.com/notes/3066003) - Check of changeability of $ package component - [3004280](https://me.sap.com/notes/3004280)...

Modern day practice: Serialize TDEVC and TDEVCT to a repo before SAP upgrades 😉

apparently T-packages survive. still i call this a major sap bug. as a customer i would not rest until i had an SAP note

Agree. If an object is orphaned (tadir entry with package that does not exist), then it should issue a warning (instead of the error) and restore the package on pull.

Here's a small test case: https://github.com/abapGit-tests/PROG, branch "subpackage" Pull everything to package `$PROG`, then delete the `TDEVC` and `TDEVCT` entries for the packages `$PROG` and `$PROG_SUB` (simulating the upgrade issue)....

@pokrakam See #6905 for a better message. Does this work for you?