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ContentTypeBinding is not accepted as a child of elements #10005
Description
Target SharePoint environment
SharePoint Online
What SharePoint development model, framework, SDK or API is this about?
💥 SharePoint Framework
Developer environment
Windows
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Additional environment details
sharepoint online
spfx 1.19.0
Describe the bug / error
this page
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/schema/content-type-bindings
specifies the scheme for content type bindings.
however, when I use the sample provided and upload a package to SharePoint online (o365) I get the error
There were problems with the app web definition in the package.Details: Deployment failed in host web https://hideandseekdigital.sharepoint.com/sites/AFP-Integration for app AFP Intranet App Customiser/1bd5c67d-11c2-4372-8c72-9569b23ecb5e. Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Feature definition with Id 4036bacc-c5f3-4741-9f4f-af533d3678ae failed validation, file '/4036bacc-c5f3-4741-9f4f-af533d3678ae/AppSettingsLists.xml', line 11, character 6: The element 'Elements' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/' has invalid child element 'ContentTypeBinding' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/'. List of possible elements expected: 'CustomAction, ClientWebPart, ClientSideComponent, ClientSideComponentInstance, Field, ContentType, ListInstance, Module, PropertyBag' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/'. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSolutionPackage.FeatureXmlValidationCallback.XmlValidationCallBack(Object sender, ValidationEventArgs evtargs) at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElementContext(XmlQualifiedName elementName, Boolean& invalidElementInContext) at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElement(String localName, String namespaceUri, XmlSchemaInfo schemaInfo, String xsiType, String xsiNil, String xsiSchemaLocation, String xsiNoNamespaceSchemaLocation) at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessElementEvent() at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read() at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent() at System.Xml.XmlReader.IsStartElement() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.XsdValidateXml(XmlTextReader xmlStreamReader, String friendlyName, String pathXsdFile, String tagExpectedRootNode, Int32 desiredPathVersion, ValidationEventHandler xsdValEventHandler) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ValidateAppPartFeatureXsd(PackagePart appPart, Guid featureGuid) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ExtractElementPartToWsp(PackagePart elementPart, TemporaryDirectory wspTempDir, SHA256Managed sha, Guid productId, SPAppInstance appInstance, Guid featureId, String featureWspRelativeDirectory) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ExtractFeaturePartToWsp(SPFeatureAppPart featureAppPart, TemporaryDirectory wspTempDir, SHA256Managed sha, Guid productId, SPAppInstance appInstance) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ExtractFeaturePartsToWsp(List1 featureAppParts, SPWeb web, TemporaryDirectory wspTempDir, SHA256Managed sha, Guid productId) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.GenerateAndActivateUserSolutionFromPackage(SPWeb web, SPAppPackage appPackage, Guid productId, String solutionName, SPSolutionLevel solutionLevel) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.InstallOrUpgrade(SPSite site, Nullable1& solutionId, Boolean& swapNeeded)
Steps to reproduce
- create a SPFX project (in my case an extension)
- add xml asset to bind a content type to a list. make sure the ContentTypeId is a valid one and the list exists in the specified listurl
- package and upload to site, try to add app to site
Expected behavior
Either
- the documentation is wrong and does not apply to sharepoint online anymore - in which case update it!
- there is a bug that sharepoint online does not recognise the schema it should
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Awaiting response from the original poster of the issue. Marked as stale if no activity for 7 days.Awaiting categorization and initial review.sharepoint-developer-supportIssues which are closed as tool old for active workSuspected bug (not working as designed/expected). See “type:bug-confirmed” for confirmed bugs.
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SethiaGit1988 commentedon Dec 9, 2024
i am also facing same issue trying to bind the content type to existing list, using spfx assets deployment, however getting below error:
here were problems with the app web definition in the package.
Details: Deployment failed in host web https://*****.sharepoint.com/sites/**** for app /6a0b3439-fea6-406e-95d6-8ef52fc9e3f8. Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Feature definition with Id 3010bfbc-08c1-450c-a97e-f9802320feae failed validation, file '/3010bfbc-08c1-450c-a97e-f9802320feae/flatfields-elements.xml', line 177, character 10: The element 'ListInstance' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/' has invalid child element 'ContentTypeBindings' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/'. List of possible elements expected: 'Data, DataSource' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/'. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSolutionPackage.FeatureXmlValidationCallback.XmlValidationCallBack(Object sender, ValidationEventArgs evtargs) at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElementContext(XmlQualifiedName elementName, Boolean& invalidElementInContext) at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElement(String localName, String namespaceUri, XmlSchemaInfo schemaInfo, String xsiType, String xsiNil, String xsiSchemaLocation, String xsiNoNamespaceSchemaLocation) at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessElementEvent() at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read() at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent() at System.Xml.XmlReader.IsStartElement() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.XsdValidateXml(XmlTextReader xmlStreamReader, String friendlyName, String pathXsdFile, String tagExpectedRootNode, Int32 desiredPathVersion, ValidationEventHandler xsdValEventHandler) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ValidateAppPartFeatureXsd(PackagePart appPart, Guid featureGuid) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ExtractElementPartToWsp(PackagePart elementPart, TemporaryDirectory wspTempDir, SHA256Managed sha, Guid productId, SPAppInstance appInstance, Guid featureId, String featureWspRelativeDirectory) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ExtractFeaturePartToWsp(SPFeatureAppPart featureAppPart, TemporaryDirectory wspTempDir, SHA256Managed sha, Guid productId, SPAppInstance appInstance) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.ExtractFeaturePartsToWsp(List
1 featureAppParts, SPWeb web, TemporaryDirectory wspTempDir, SHA256Managed sha, Guid productId) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.GenerateAndActivateUserSolutionFromPackage(SPWeb web, SPAppPackage appPackage, Guid productId, String solutionName, SPSolutionLevel solutionLevel) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Packaging.SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup.InstallOrUpgrade(SPSite site, Nullable1& solutionId, Boolean& swapNeeded)Ashlesha-MSFT commentedon Apr 18, 2025
Hello ishaisagi-hns,
Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into it and get back to you shortly.
Ashlesha-MSFT commentedon Apr 18, 2025
ishaisagi-hns,
We could not encountered error like above, can you please confirm which extension are you using?
ishaisagi-hns commentedon Apr 27, 2025
By extension I mean the type of project (app customiser = extension).
So create an app customiser project and add the xml as per documentation.
Ashlesha-MSFT commentedon Aug 14, 2025
ishaisagi-hns, Chetan Sethia (@SethiaGit1988),
Apologies to delayed responce!
I have followed the correct steps to reproduce the issue, but I was not able to see any error like the one you described. Could you please share your SPFx solution or provide more details about your setup where you are encountering this error? This will help us investigate further and provide more targeted assistance.
Thank you!
VesaJuvonen commentedon Nov 3, 2026
This issue is more than 12 months old and has not had recent activity. We are cleaning up the backlog so we can manage incoming reports more efficiently. If the issue is still relevant, please submit a new issue with updated details and current reproduction steps. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this updated process, and thank you for being part of the SharePoint developer ecosystem.
github-actions commentedon Nov 3, 2026
Thank you for taking the time to file an issue. We periodically archive older or inactive issues as part of our issue management process, which automatically closes them once they are archived.
If you’d like to understand more about why and how we handle archived (closed) issues, please see Our approach to closed issues.
We appreciate your contribution and if this is still an active issue with the latest SPFx versions, please do resubmit the details. We needed to perform a cleanup, so that we can start with a clean table with a new process. We apologize for the inconvenience this might cause.