what does it mean: failed to extract shortcode: shortcode "children" must be closed or self-closed?

[agilob]

I'm getting this error:

$ hugo --minify
Start building sites … 
hugo v0.111.3-5d4eb5154e1fed125ca8e9b5a0315c4180dab192+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2023-03-12T11:40:50Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
Error: Error building site: "content/linux/_index.md:8:1": failed to extract shortcode: shortcode "children" must be closed or self-closed

when trying to compile:

---
alwaysopen: true
date: "2020-08-20T16:42:11.812Z"
title: Linux
weight: 2
---

{{%children%}}

But the same files are working fine locally with hugo:

❯ hugo version
hugo v0.110.0+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=unknown

how do it fix it and what does the error mean that it must be closed?

[deining]

As of version 0.111, hugo does more strict error checking here. For details, refer to this issue.

how do it fix it

Do what the error message tells you: close the shortcode (note the aditional slash):

{{% children /%}}

The code block above uses the self closing syntax, with inner content you have to write:

{{% children %}}
My inner content
{{% /children %}}

[agilob]

oh, thanks!

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