Importing lxd containers to incus fails

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Hi there!

I am facing troubles with importing lxd containers to incus:


 DEBUG  [2026-03-15T01:42:09+01:00] Sending request to Incus etag= method=POST url="http://unix.socket/1.0/instances?project=user-1000" 
Importing instance: 100% (39.45MB/s)Error: Fetch project database object: Project not found

I exported the container with --export-version 1 so i guess it should have worked. Export reported success so the backup should be fine. Incus installtion is fresh and directly after incus admin init

Any hints why the import fails?

Do i need the same zpools and bridges that the import works as expected or does the import automatically adjust those parameters to the default incus pool & bridge?

Furthermore: Some configs of the container are not uptodate anymore. Means: the locations of the device disk add source=… have changed… is this critical?

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Can you show incus project list? The error shows a user-1000 project being used which is then reported as not existing.

This suggests your CLI may be misconfigured at the moment to use a per-user project, possibly from a past issue on your system (user not in incus-admin)?

The fix for this is likely as simple as running incus project switch default