Unity Issue Tracker - “SendMessage cannot be called during Awake” warning appears when entering Play Mode if having Canvas nested in Canvas and the "Enter Play Mode Options" enabled

Fixed

Fixed in 2021.3.13f1, 2022.1.23f1, 2022.2.0b15, 2023.1.0a17

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“SendMessage cannot be called during Awake” warning appears when entering Play Mode if having Canvas nested in Canvas and the "Enter Play Mode Options" enabled

Aug 29, 2022

How to reproduce:
1. Open the user’s attached project
2. Enter Play Mode
3. Observe the Console window

Expected result: No warning
Actual result: “SendMessage cannot be called during Awake” warning appears

Reproducible with: 2021.3.6f1, 2021.3.8f1, 2022.1.13f1, 2022.2.0b5, 2023.1.0a6
Not reproducible with: 2020.3.38f1, 2021.3.5f1

Reproduced on: macOS 12.4 (Intel)

Note: Not reproducible without the “Enter Play Mode Options” setting (Edit > Project Settings > Editor > Enter Play Mode Options)

Full warning: SendMessage cannot be called during Awake, CheckConsistency, or OnValidate (Canvas: OnCanvasHierarchyChanged)

Tortuap

Sep 09, 2022 16:20

Can we get an update on this issue ? Its really annoying to fill the log each time I go in Play Mode.
Tortuap

Sep 06, 2022 21:22

It is not only that a warning message is written to log, but the main issue is that the sub canvas is not rendered at all!