#17605·vercel

Vercel CLI should throw error when linking a non-existent project

Author: yusuf-vimondCreated Sep 11, 2026Updated Sep 11, 2026

Description

I'm not sure how this is implemented on the Vercel side, but the current behavior seems unexpected.

When linking a project using the Vercel CLI, if you accidentally mistype the project name, Vercel appears to create a completely new project using the incorrectly typed name instead of indicating that the project doesn't exist.

For example, if the intended project is my-project but I accidentally enter my-proejct, a new my-proejct project is created.

Expected behavior

I would expect Vercel to detect that the project name doesn't exist and display an error, such as:

Project my-proejct does not exist.

The CLI could then allow the user to retry or select an existing project.

This would help prevent accidental creation of unwanted projects due to simple typos.