No method matching `getmetadata`

[langestefan]

Describe the bug 🐞

From MTK 10.27, the model below no longer compiles. For previous versions of MTK it did.

Minimal Reproducible Example 👇

using Pkg
Pkg.activate(@__DIR__)
Pkg.instantiate()

using ModelingToolkit: @parameters, @variables, System, mtkcompile
using ModelingToolkit: t_nounits as t

using Dates: DateTime, Millisecond
import Symbolics


seconds_to_datetime(t_sec, t0::DateTime) = t0 + Millisecond(round(Int, t_sec * 1e3))
pos(t_stamp::DateTime) = Dates.year(t_stamp)

Symbolics.@register_symbolic seconds_to_datetime(t_sec, t0::DateTime)
Symbolics.@register_symbolic pos(t_stamp::DateTime)

function Block(; name)

    @parameters t0::DateTime [tunable = false]
    @variables x(t) [output = true]

    time_expr = Symbolics.term(seconds_to_datetime, t, t0; type = DateTime)

    eqs = [x ~ pos(time_expr)]

    return System(eqs, t; name = name)
end

block = Block(name = :test_block)
sys = mtkcompile(block)

Error & Stacktrace ⚠️

ERROR: LoadError: MethodError: no method matching getmetadata(::Symbolics.Num, ::Type{ModelingToolkit.SymScope}, ::ModelingToolkit.LocalScope)
The function `getmetadata` exists, but no method is defined for this combination of argument types.

Closest candidates are:
  getmetadata(::Symbolics.Num, ::Any)
   @ Symbolics ~/.julia/packages/Symbolics/xD5Pj/src/Symbolics.jl:195
  getmetadata(::ModelingToolkit.AbstractSystem, ::DataType, ::Any)
   @ ModelingToolkit ~/.julia/packages/ModelingToolkit/v7S9P/src/systems/system.jl:835
  getmetadata(::SymbolicUtils.Symbolic, ::Any, ::Any)
   @ SymbolicUtils ~/.julia/packages/SymbolicUtils/N76BL/src/types.jl:1146
  ...

Stacktrace:
 [1] ModelingToolkit.TearingState(sys::System; quick_cancel::Bool, check::Bool, sort_eqs::Bool)
   @ ModelingToolkit ~/.julia/packages/ModelingToolkit/v7S9P/src/systems/systemstructure.jl:443
 [2] ModelingToolkit.TearingState(sys::System)
   @ ModelingToolkit ~/.julia/packages/ModelingToolkit/v7S9P/src/systems/systemstructure.jl:354
 [3] __mtkcompile(sys::System; inputs::Vector{…}, outputs::Vector{…}, disturbance_inputs::Vector{…}, sort_eqs::Bool, kwargs::@Kwargs{…})
   @ ModelingToolkit ~/.julia/packages/ModelingToolkit/v7S9P/src/systems/systems.jl:82
 [4] __mtkcompile
   @ ~/.julia/packages/ModelingToolkit/v7S9P/src/systems/systems.jl:64 [inlined]
 [5] mtkcompile(sys::System; additional_passes::Vector{…}, simplify::Bool, split::Bool, allow_symbolic::Bool, allow_parameter::Bool, conservative::Bool, fully_determined::Bool, inputs::Vector{…}, outputs::Vector{…}, disturbance_inputs::Vector{…}, array_hack::Bool, kwargs::@Kwargs{})
   @ ModelingToolkit ~/.julia/packages/ModelingToolkit/v7S9P/src/systems/systems.jl:39
 [6] mtkcompile(sys::System)
   @ ModelingToolkit ~/.julia/packages/ModelingToolkit/v7S9P/src/systems/systems.jl:30
 [7] top-level scope
   @ ~/dev/solar/SolarPosition.jl/mwe-mtk/MWE.jl:31
in expression starting at /home/langestefan/dev/solar/SolarPosition.jl/mwe-mtk/MWE.jl:31
Some type information was truncated. Use `show(err)` to see complete types.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Output of using Pkg; Pkg.status()

Status `~/dev/solar/SolarPosition.jl/mwe-mtk/Project.toml`
  [961ee093] ModelingToolkit v10.27.0 ⚲
⌅ [0c5d862f] Symbolics v6.57.0

• Output of using Pkg; Pkg.status(; mode = PKGMODE_MANIFEST)

julia> using Pkg; Pkg.status(; mode = PKGMODE_MANIFEST)
Status `~/dev/solar/SolarPosition.jl/mwe-mtk/Manifest.toml`
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  [1520ce14] AbstractTrees v0.4.5
  [7d9f7c33] Accessors v0.1.42
  [79e6a3ab] Adapt v4.4.0
  [66dad0bd] AliasTables v1.1.3
  [ec485272] ArnoldiMethod v0.4.0
  [4fba245c] ArrayInterface v7.22.0
  [4c555306] ArrayLayouts v1.12.0
  [e2ed5e7c] Bijections v0.2.2
  [62783981] BitTwiddlingConvenienceFunctions v0.1.6
  [8e7c35d0] BlockArrays v1.9.2
  [70df07ce] BracketingNonlinearSolve v1.6.0
  [2a0fbf3d] CPUSummary v0.2.7
  [d360d2e6] ChainRulesCore v1.26.0
  [fb6a15b2] CloseOpenIntervals v0.1.13
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  [8197267c] IntervalSets v0.7.12
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  [92d709cd] IrrationalConstants v0.2.6
  [82899510] IteratorInterfaceExtensions v1.0.0
  [692b3bcd] JLLWrappers v1.7.1
  [ae98c720] Jieko v0.2.1
  [98e50ef6] JuliaFormatter v2.2.0
⌅ [70703baa] JuliaSyntax v0.4.10
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  [b964fa9f] LaTeXStrings v1.4.0
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  [961ee093] ModelingToolkit v10.27.0 ⚲
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  [d8a4904e] MutableArithmetics v1.6.7
  [d41bc354] NLSolversBase v7.10.0
  [77ba4419] NaNMath v1.1.3
  [be0214bd] NonlinearSolveBase v2.2.0
  [6fe1bfb0] OffsetArrays v1.17.0
  [429524aa] Optim v1.13.2
  [bac558e1] OrderedCollections v1.8.1
  [bbf590c4] OrdinaryDiffEqCore v1.36.0
  [90014a1f] PDMats v0.11.36
  [d96e819e] Parameters v0.12.3
  [e409e4f3] PoissonRandom v0.4.7
  [f517fe37] Polyester v0.7.18
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  [85a6dd25] PositiveFactorizations v0.2.4
  [d236fae5] PreallocationTools v0.4.34
  [aea7be01] PrecompileTools v1.3.3
  [21216c6a] Preferences v1.5.0
  [27ebfcd6] Primes v0.5.7
  [43287f4e] PtrArrays v1.3.0
  [1fd47b50] QuadGK v2.11.2
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  [a2af1166] SortingAlgorithms v1.2.2
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  [aedffcd0] Static v1.3.1
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Info Packages marked with ⌃ and ⌅ have new versions available. Those with ⌃ may be upgradable, but those with ⌅ are restricted by compatibility constraints from upgrading. To see why use `status --outdated -m`

• Output of versioninfo()

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.12.1
Commit ba1e628ee49 (2025-10-17 13:02 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org release
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
  CPU: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LLVM: libLLVM-18.1.7 (ORCJIT, znver3)
  GC: Built with stock GC
Threads: 1 default, 1 interactive, 1 GC (on 32 virtual cores)
Environment:
  JULIA_EDITOR = code
  JULIA_VSCODE_REPL = 1