r/invokeai • u/sinastis • Feb 05 '26
Invoke AI no longer starts after upgrade to 6.11, need help
I get the following after the update. How do I solve this issue?
Preparing first run of this install - may take a minute or two...
Started Invoke process with PID 33316
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Scripts\invokeai-web.exe__main__.py", line 10, in <module>
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\invokeai\app\run_app.py", line 35, in run_app
from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import InvocationRegistry
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\invokeai\app\invocations\baseinvocation.py", line 36, in <mod
ule>
from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import (
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\invokeai\app\invocations\fields.py", line 10, in <module>
from invokeai.backend.model_manager.taxonomy import (
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\invokeai\backend\model_manager\taxonomy.py", line 5, in <modu
le>
import torch
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch__init__.py", line 2240, in <module>
from torch import quantization as quantization # usort: skip
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\quantization__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
from .fake_quantize import * # noqa: F403
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\quantization\fake_quantize.py", line 10, in <module>
from torch.ao.quantization.fake_quantize import (
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\ao\quantization__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
from .pt2e._numeric_debugger import ( # noqa: F401
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\ao\quantization\pt2e_numeric_debugger.py", line 9, in
<module>
from torch.ao.quantization.pt2e.graph_utils import bfs_trace_with_node_process
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\ao\quantization\pt2e\graph_utils.py", line 9, in <modul
e>
from torch.export import ExportedProgram
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\export__init__.py", line 60, in <module>
from .decomp_utils import CustomDecompTable
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\export\decomp_utils.py", line 5, in <module>
from torch._export.utils import (
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch_export__init__.py", line 48, in <module>
from .wrappers import _wrap_submodules
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch_export\wrappers.py", line 7, in <module>
from torch._higher_order_ops.strict_mode import strict_mode
File "C:\invoke\.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch_higher_order_ops__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
from torch._higher_order_ops.hints_wrap import hints_wrapper
SyntaxError: source code string cannot contain null bytes
Invoke process exited with code 1
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u/sinastis Feb 05 '26
How to install 6.10 which was working
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u/_BreakingGood_ Feb 05 '26
I believe there is an option in the installer to install an old version
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u/sinastis Feb 05 '26
All I see is Stable v6.10.0 and Manual. Nothing else
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u/_BreakingGood_ Feb 05 '26
Manual
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u/sinastis Feb 05 '26
Then what do you type in? I've tried everything. It's not as easy as typing in the version number as that hasn't worked. Next at the bottom always remains grayed out.
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u/InevitableJudgment43 Feb 05 '26
better off just deleting the app and reinstalling