# Unable to train model **URL:** \ **Category:** Rasa Open Source\ **Created:** [July 6, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/unable-to-train-model/45408 "2021-07-06T03:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shauryabaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@shauryabaid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/shauryabaid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/unable-to-train-model/45408/1 "2021-07-06T03:01:07Z")
I am unable to train my model as the error message seen below keeps on popping up. I thought that my domain file wasn’t being read but that is not the case. Any ideas on why this is coming up? thanks Traceback (most recent call last): File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/rasa”, line 10, in sys.exit(main()) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/ **main**.py”, line 117, in main cmdline\_arguments.func(cmdline\_arguments) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/cli/train.py”, line 59, in train\_parser.set\_defaults(func=lambda args: run\_training(args, can\_exit=True)) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/cli/train.py”, line 91, in run\_training training\_result = train\_all( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/api.py”, line 109, in train return rasa.utils.common.run\_in\_loop( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/utils/common.py”, line 310, in run\_in\_loop result = loop.run\_until\_complete(f) File “uvloop/loop.pyx”, line 1456, in uvloop.loop.Loop.run\_until\_complete File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/model\_training.py”, line 100, in train\_async domain = await file\_importer.get\_domain() File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/utils/common.py”, line 141, in decorated return await cache.cached\_result() File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/importers/importer.py”, line 448, in get\_domain original, e2e\_domain = await asyncio.gather( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/importers/importer.py”, line 455, in \_get\_domain\_with\_e2e\_actions stories = await self.get\_stories() File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/importers/importer.py”, line 490, in get\_stories return await self.importer.get\_stories( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/importers/importer.py”, line 399, in get\_stories return await self.\_importer.get\_stories( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/utils/common.py”, line 141, in decorated return await cache.cached\_result() File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/importers/importer.py”, line 272, in get\_stories stories = await asyncio.gather(\*stories) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/importers/rasa.py”, line 53, in get\_stories return await utils.story\_graph\_from\_paths( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/importers/utils.py”, line 25, in story\_graph\_from\_paths story\_steps = await loading.load\_data\_from\_files( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/loading.py”, line 114, in load\_data\_from\_files steps = reader.read\_from\_file(story\_file) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 97, in read\_from\_file return self.read\_from\_string( File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 118, in read\_from\_string return self.read\_from\_parsed\_yaml(yaml\_content) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 143, in read\_from\_parsed\_yaml parser.parse\_data(data) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 211, in parse\_data self.\_parse\_plain\_item(item) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 241, in \_parse\_plain\_item self.\_parse\_step(step) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 262, in \_parse\_step self.\_parse\_user\_utterance(step) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 297, in \_parse\_user\_utterance utterance = self.\_parse\_raw\_user\_utterance(step) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 397, in \_parse\_raw\_user\_utterance intent\_name, full\_retrieval\_intent = self.\_user\_intent\_from\_step(step) File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rasa/shared/core/training\_data/story\_reader/yaml\_story\_reader.py”, line 356, in \_user\_intent\_from\_step user\_intent = step.get(KEY\_USER\_INTENT, “”).strip() AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘strip’ ---
**Author:** ![shauryabaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@shauryabaid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/shauryabaid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/unable-to-train-model/45408/2 "2021-07-06T03:12:37Z")
I’m using Rasa Version : 2.5.1 Minimum Compatible Version: 2.2.0a1 Rasa SDK Version : 2.5.0 Rasa X Version : 0.39.2 Python Version : 3.8.3 Operating System : macOS-10.16-x86\_64-i386-64bit ---
**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/unable-to-train-model/45408/3 "2021-07-06T10:08:05Z")
@shauryabaid Are you able to solve this issue? ---
**Author:** ![PayalAtre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@PayalAtre](https://forum.rasa.com/u/PayalAtre)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/unable-to-train-model/45408/4 "2022-03-23T11:46:06Z")
Hi,@shauryabaid i am also getting error if you have solved this error please share the solution of this error. so that it would be helpful for me and others.