Unkillable "item is not valid" error

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
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openHABian 3.3.0
RPi

In openhab.log I keep getting the error:

[ore.common.registry.AbstractRegistry] - Cannot add "RollershutterItem" with key "2ndBedroomRightBlinds_Shutter": The specified name of the item '2ndBedroomRightBlinds_Shutter' is not valid!

In an earlier version of openHab I was allowed to create two (as it turns out) invalid item names and associate them with channels in my roller shutter things. On upgrading to a more recent version, openHab made it clear that these items were not allowed (more error-checking was added, I suppose), so I deleted them and replaced them with SecondBedroomRightBlinds_Shutter. The original items was created in PaperUI, but the new ones are in an items file.

But I still got the errors in the log. So I looked on the forum and saw that there were a couple of commands:

openhab:links orphan list
openhab:links orphan purge

Sure enough, the offending items appeared there. I purged them. The error didn’t go away.

Then I tried clearing the cache. Same result.

So now I see that the items are still in:

/var/lib/openhab/jsondb/org.openhab.core.items.Item.json

Should I just edit it and delete them?

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The more secure way is to use the API Explorer in Main UI and delete the items from there.

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The thing is, the item no longer appears as an item. If I use the API Explorer to get all the items, it’s not there. Nor does it appear in MainUI.

It’s just the log entry and the json file.

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Deleting it should work anyway, even if it is not listed. At least ist did the last time I tried. Select the DELETE endpoint and enter the item name.

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That seems to have done the trick. The none-too-promising response was:

200 OK **
404 Item not found or item is not editable.

But, checking the json file, I see that the items are no longer there. So I imagine the log error will disappear, too.

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The log error did disappear. Solved.