* Reproduction 1. emacs -Q 2. C-x C-f /tmp/new.org RET 3. Type anything 4. Type C-u C-c # (C-u org-update-statistics-cookies) to try to update all statistics cookies in the buffer 5. Notice the "Non-existent agenda file /tmp/new.org." error.
This doesn't happen if the file already exists. I first saw this reported in this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/n9g1yf/is_this_a_bug_with_orgupdatestatisticcookies/ (u/flyin1501 is me) * Expectation All statistics cookies in the buffer are updated no matter if the buffer's associated file is already created or not. * Why this is happening - `org-update-statistics-cookies` (C-c #) uses `org-map-entries` to update all cookies. - `org-map-entries` uses `org-agenda-prepare-buffers` to prepare the file when SCOPE is nil. Excerpt: (if (not scope) (progn (org-agenda-prepare-buffers (and buffer-file-name (list buffer-file-name))) (setq res (org-scan-tags func matcher org--matcher-tags-todo-only start-level))) - This function complains if the file does not exist, causing the error. * Solution (IMO) `org-map-entries` is quite complex because of its matching and scoping features; `org-update-statistics-cookies` only updates the current buffer and should use `org-map-region` instead. IMO it should go from (if all (progn (org-update-checkbox-count 'all) (org-map-entries 'org-update-parent-todo-statistics)) to: (if all (progn (org-update-checkbox-count 'all) (org-map-region 'org-update-parent-todo-statistics (point-min) (point-max)))
