#3229·zola

bug: template not found

Author: kbvernonCreated Aug 9, 2026Updated Sep 1, 2026
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Bug Report

Environment

Zola version: 0.23.2

Expected Behavior

The site should build with templates.

Current Behavior

ERROR Failed to build the site
ERROR Failed to render page '\\?\C:\path\to\website\content\foo.md'
ERROR Reason: Template `foo.html` not found

I believe this is a Windows issue, specifically UNC paths with \\?\, but that's a guess based on the error message (and asking Claude).

Steps to reproduce

On a Windows machine,

  • Initiate an empty zola project.
  • Add foo.md to content/ with template = "foo.html".
  • Add foo.html to templates/ with skeleton html.
  • Run zola build.