bevy/errors/B0003.md

# B0003

As commands are executed asynchronously, it is possible to issue a command on an entity that will no longer exist at the time of the command execution.

Erroneous code example:

```rust,should_panic
use bevy::prelude::*;

fn main() {
    App::new()
        .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
        .add_systems(Startup, setup)
        .add_systems(Update, (use_0_and_despawn_1, use_1_and_despawn_0))
        .run();
}

#[derive(Resource)]
struct MyEntities(Entity, Entity);

#[derive(Component)]
struct Hello;

fn setup(mut commands: Commands) {
    let entity1 = commands.spawn_empty().id();
    let entity2 = commands.spawn_empty().id();
    commands.insert_resource(MyEntities(entity1, entity2));
}

fn use_0_and_despawn_1(mut commands: Commands, my_entities: Res<MyEntities>) {
    commands.entity(my_entities.0).insert(Hello);
    commands.entity(my_entities.1).despawn();
}

fn use_1_and_despawn_0(mut commands: Commands, my_entities: Res<MyEntities>) {
    commands.entity(my_entities.1).insert(Hello);
    commands.entity(my_entities.0).despawn();
}
```

This will panic, as the system that is executed first will despawn the entity used by the second.

The default panic message is telling you which entity doesn't exist (`2v0` in the example log just below), the command that failed (adding a component `Hello`) and the system from which it originated (`use_1_and_despawn_0`):

```text
thread 'main' panicked at /bevy/crates/bevy_ecs/src/system/commands/mod.rs:1097:13:
error[B0003]: Could not insert a bundle (of type `use_entity_after_despawn::Hello`) for entity 2v0 because it doesn't exist in this World.
Encountered a panic when applying buffers for system `use_entity_after_despawn::use_1_and_despawn_0`!
Encountered a panic in system `bevy_app::main_schedule::Main::run_main`!
```

To get the system that created the despawn command, you can enable DEBUG logs for crate `bevy_ecs`, for example by setting the environment variable `RUST_LOG=bevy_ecs=debug` or by configuring the `LogPlugin`. This will log:

```text
DEBUG system_commands{name="use_entity_after_despawn::use_0_and_despawn_1"}: bevy_ecs::world::entity_ref: Despawning entity 2v0
thread 'main' panicked at /bevy/crates/bevy_ecs/src/system/commands/mod.rs:1097:13:
error[B0003]: Could not insert a bundle (of type `use_entity_after_despawn::Hello`) for entity 2v0 because it doesn't exist in this World.
Encountered a panic when applying buffers for system `use_entity_after_despawn::use_1_and_despawn_0`!
Encountered a panic in system `bevy_app::main_schedule::Main::run_main`!
```

From the first line, you know the entity `2v0` was despawned when executing a command from system `use_0_and_despawn_1`. In a real case, you could have many log lines, you will need to search for the exact entity from the panic message.