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The field was found invalid #86

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Error when migrating a document library to a separate site in the same tenant.
Error occurs when attempting to import the library to the destination:

Importing lists and libraries...

[Error] The field was found invalid:
Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate : The field was found invalid:
At C:\Users\...\FlowPowerAppsMigrator\MISC\Move-Lists.ps1:213 char:9
+         Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path Lists.xml
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (:) [Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.ApplyProvisioningTemplate

The TraceOutput.txt:

PowerShell.exe Information: 0 : 2025-10-05 17:26:06.9312	[Fields]	[14]	[Debug]	Adding field {4904cfd9-edd5-4393-979f-6bce2f0eda0b} to site	15089ms	9c6aa2ce-0918-4ac3-8091-da3491618f2f
PowerShell.exe Error: 0 : 2025-10-05 17:26:07.2029	[Fields]	[14]	[Error]	The field was found invalid: 	15367ms	9c6aa2ce-0918-4ac3-8091-da3491618f2f
PowerShell.exe Error: 0 : 2025-10-05 17:26:07.2029	[Fields]	[14]	[Error]	Adding field {4904cfd9-edd5-4393-979f-6bce2f0eda0b} failed: The field was found invalid:  :    at OfficeDevPnP.Core.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectField.CreateField(Web web, XElement templateFieldElement, PnPMonitoredScope scope, TokenParser parser, String originalFieldXml)
   at OfficeDevPnP.Core.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectField.ProvisionObjects(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate template, TokenParser parser, ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInformation)	15368ms	9c6aa2ce-0918-4ac3-8091-da3491618f2f

The Lists.xml defines the erroring field type as "TaxonomyFieldType".

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