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Google Search Console: Missing field 'text' (in 'mainEntity.suggestedAnswer')

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I got notification from Google Search Console:

There is a link to a specific topic (question). There is no answer marked as a solution.

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Any idea what this means and what I can do?

Best answer by Sudhanshu

@revote Thanks for posting this here.
As an immediate workaround, you can either:

Once Google recrawls, the error should disappear. We will look into improving this in the future -- add a check on no-text suggested answer.

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I think it means your suggested answer object is missing. @revote

That error usually shows up when the Q&A schema is missing the required “text” field in the answer section.

Basically, Google needs the actual answer content included there, and without it the item isn’t valid for rich results.

Where focus goes, energy flows.

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Hmm, thanks @revathimenon. What I have to do, sorry but I don´t understand. 😀

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I’m also newly learning this myself @revote 😆 - but this one’s a little over my radar at the moment.

So I’m gonna call in someone I bet would be able to guide you better than me here - @Alistair FIeld - could you help us out here please?

Where focus goes, energy flows.

@revote Thanks for posting this here.
As an immediate workaround, you can either:

Once Google recrawls, the error should disappear. We will look into improving this in the future -- add a check on no-text suggested answer.

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Thanks @Sudhanshu.

I didn´t add these details to my question because I didn´t understand the problem first, but now that I do, FYI everyone:

There is no comment marked as the Best answer, and there wasn´t earlier either.
There are several comments that include just a photo and nothing else, and this is the issue.

I have added to some context to the comments, so let´s see what Google thinks about it.

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