DROP ENUMERATION cannot resolve an existing enumeration ("enumeration not found")

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DROP ENUMERATION cannot resolve an existing enumeration ("enumeration not found")

• mxcli version: v0.19.0 (2026-08-21T13:13:26Z)
• Mendix version: 11.12.2
• Severity: Low — no corruption, but a documented statement is unusable and cleanup becomes Studio Pro handwork.
• Tracker searches: "drop enumeration" → Document placement gaps: FOLDER is a silent no-op on an existing document, and mappings/JSON structures cannot be foldered or MOVEd at all #932 (folder/move gaps), CREATE JAVA ACTION cannot create Enumeration parameter — serialized as entity ref, build fails ('selected entity no longer exists') #680 (java action enum param): different defects.

Steps to reproduce

On an enumeration that exists (listed by SHOW ENUMERATIONS, zero references per mxcli refs):

DROP ENUMERATION NCRManagement.ENUM_DisciplineMethod;

Expected

The enumeration is dropped.

Actual

Error: enumeration not found: NCRManagement.ENUM_DisciplineMethod

while in the same session:

• SHOW ENUMERATIONS lists NCRManagement.ENUM_DisciplineMethod (folder Resources, 3 values);
• mxcli refs NCRManagement.ENUM_DisciplineMethod runs and reports "(no references found)";
• quoting the name (NCRManagement."ENUM_DisciplineMethod") is a parse error.

Same resolution-failure class as the DESCRIBE/DROP mapping resolution issues.

Workaround

Delete the enumeration in Studio Pro.

• Diagnostic bundle: available, mxcli-diag-20260827-184627.tar.gz