This also affects me - although my contact data in evolution is from an Exchange 2003 Server. It seems to simply be an issue copying data from one Evolution address book to the CouchDB address book. Don't mean to hijack the bug report but saw inactivity and am experiencing the same bug. Output from the terminal is: evolution-data-server-Message: Starting server e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendGoogleTodosFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendGoogleEventsFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `EBookBackendGoogleFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendHttpTodosFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendHttpEventsFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendHttpMemosFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendCalDAVEventsFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendCalDAVTodosFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendCalDAVMemosFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `EBookBackendGroupwiseFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `EBookBackendLDAPFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendFileTodosFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendFileEventsFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendFileJournalFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `EBookBackendCouchDBFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendWeatherEventsFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `EBookBackendVCFFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendGroupwiseTodosFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendGroupwiseEventsFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendGroupwiseJournalFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `ECalBackendContactsEventsFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `EBookBackendFileFactory' e-data-server-Message: adding type `EBookBackendWebdavFactory' in server_log_handler evolution-data-server-Message: Server up and running impl_GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_BookFactory_getBook + file:///home/roachy/.evolution/addressbook/local/system => 0x9d2e8f0 impl_GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_Book_open (0x9d2e8f0) (process:18445): libedata-book-WARNING **: impl_GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_Book_getBookView ((contains "x-evolution-any-field" "")) e_data_book_respond_get_book_view book_view file uref impl_GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_BookFactory_getBook + couchdb://127.0.0.1 => 0x9d4d4c0 impl_GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_Book_open (0x9d4d4c0) in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): WARNING **: g_set_application_name not set. liboauth: data to sign='GET&http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A33677%2Fcontacts%2F&oauth_callback%3DNone%26oauth_consumer_key%3DLkbynOeTPM%26oauth_nonce%3Dj_f4cBp0vBsC4R83FJyoGkzcWh_2k%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1259323177%26oauth_token%3DmpkFsSCRBr%26oauth_verifier%3DNone%26oauth_version%3D1.0' liboauth: key='sJqPztCnzK&NXrcirdjtp' in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Parsing oauth_callback=None&oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM&oauth_nonce=j_f4cBp0vBsC4R83FJyoGkzcWh_2k&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1259323177&oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr&oauth_verifier=None&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=pQBkTsb5f7ZI3XC5j16Q1uWENEI%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_callback=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_nonce=j_f4cBp0vBsC4R83FJyoGkzcWh_2k in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_timestamp=1259323177 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_verifier=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_version=1.0 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature=pQBkTsb5f7ZI3XC5j16Q1uWENEI%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Sending GET to http://127.0.0.1:33677/contacts/... with headers : Authorization: OAuth oauth_callback="None", oauth_consumer_key="LkbynOeTPM", oauth_nonce="j_f4cBp0vBsC4R83FJyoGkzcWh_2k", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1259323177", oauth_token="mpkFsSCRBr", oauth_verifier="None", oauth_version="1.0", oauth_signature="pQBkTsb5f7ZI3XC5j16Q1uWENEI%3D" in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Response body: {"db_name":"contacts","doc_count":2,"doc_del_count":2,"update_seq":6,"purge_seq":0,"compact_running":false,"disk_size":24667,"instance_start_time":"1259322329277884","disk_format_version":4} liboauth: data to sign='GET&http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A33677%2Fcontacts%2F&oauth_callback%3DNone%26oauth_consumer_key%3DLkbynOeTPM%26oauth_nonce%3DjrcmkcLz25ZhuQZrItY7I%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1259323177%26oauth_token%3DmpkFsSCRBr%26oauth_verifier%3DNone%26oauth_version%3D1.0' liboauth: key='sJqPztCnzK&NXrcirdjtp' in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Parsing oauth_callback=None&oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM&oauth_nonce=jrcmkcLz25ZhuQZrItY7I&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1259323177&oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr&oauth_verifier=None&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=2AsTOo%2BF68KTYIjaf4DeIFyXchk%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_callback=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_nonce=jrcmkcLz25ZhuQZrItY7I in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_timestamp=1259323177 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_verifier=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_version=1.0 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature=2AsTOo%2BF68KTYIjaf4DeIFyXchk%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Sending GET to http://127.0.0.1:33677/contacts/... with headers : Authorization: OAuth oauth_callback="None", oauth_consumer_key="LkbynOeTPM", oauth_nonce="jrcmkcLz25ZhuQZrItY7I", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1259323177", oauth_token="mpkFsSCRBr", oauth_verifier="None", oauth_version="1.0", oauth_signature="2AsTOo%2BF68KTYIjaf4DeIFyXchk%3D" in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Response body: {"db_name":"contacts","doc_count":2,"doc_del_count":2,"update_seq":6,"purge_seq":0,"compact_running":false,"disk_size":24667,"instance_start_time":"1259322329277884","disk_format_version":4} impl_GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_Book_getContactList liboauth: data to sign='GET&http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A33677%2Fcontacts%2F_all_docs&oauth_callback%3DNone%26oauth_consumer_key%3DLkbynOeTPM%26oauth_nonce%3De5u1brSlu0Au_Kw%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1259323177%26oauth_token%3DmpkFsSCRBr%26oauth_verifier%3DNone%26oauth_version%3D1.0' liboauth: key='sJqPztCnzK&NXrcirdjtp' in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Parsing oauth_callback=None&oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM&oauth_nonce=e5u1brSlu0Au_Kw&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1259323177&oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr&oauth_verifier=None&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=p%2B%2FbeDwBCqVLe1dyLYNqBkvqZKs%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_callback=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_nonce=e5u1brSlu0Au_Kw in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_timestamp=1259323177 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_verifier=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_version=1.0 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature=p%2B%2FbeDwBCqVLe1dyLYNqBkvqZKs%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Sending GET to http://127.0.0.1:33677/contacts/_all_docs... with headers : Authorization: OAuth oauth_callback="None", oauth_consumer_key="LkbynOeTPM", oauth_nonce="e5u1brSlu0Au_Kw", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1259323177", oauth_token="mpkFsSCRBr", oauth_verifier="None", oauth_version="1.0", oauth_signature="p%2B%2FbeDwBCqVLe1dyLYNqBkvqZKs%3D" in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Response body: {"total_rows":2,"offset":0,"rows":[ {"id":"_design/u1_contact","key":"_design/u1_contact","value":{"rev":"1-210025d8c2862929385adc053ebb0128"}}, {"id":"_design/u1_record","key":"_design/u1_record","value":{"rev":"1-815750631eb07babf206f7b553d0bfbe"}} ]} liboauth: data to sign='GET&http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A33677%2Fcontacts%2F_design%2Fu1_contact&oauth_callback%3DNone%26oauth_consumer_key%3DLkbynOeTPM%26oauth_nonce%3D8lBWrVBfa9wY32f6WxUXOz66mvp%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1259323177%26oauth_token%3DmpkFsSCRBr%26oauth_verifier%3DNone%26oauth_version%3D1.0' liboauth: key='sJqPztCnzK&NXrcirdjtp' in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Parsing oauth_callback=None&oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM&oauth_nonce=8lBWrVBfa9wY32f6WxUXOz66mvp&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1259323177&oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr&oauth_verifier=None&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=vNw61leZn949ygNAeCMQGZyLHZY%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_callback=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_nonce=8lBWrVBfa9wY32f6WxUXOz66mvp in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_timestamp=1259323177 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_verifier=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_version=1.0 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature=vNw61leZn949ygNAeCMQGZyLHZY%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Sending GET to http://127.0.0.1:33677/contacts/_design%2Fu1_contact... with headers : Authorization: OAuth oauth_callback="None", oauth_consumer_key="LkbynOeTPM", oauth_nonce="8lBWrVBfa9wY32f6WxUXOz66mvp", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1259323177", oauth_token="mpkFsSCRBr", oauth_verifier="None", oauth_version="1.0", oauth_signature="vNw61leZn949ygNAeCMQGZyLHZY%3D" liboauth: data to sign='GET&http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A33677%2Fcontacts%2F_design%2Fu1_record&oauth_callback%3DNone%26oauth_consumer_key%3DLkbynOeTPM%26oauth_nonce%3D4JR1UhMa0ad07AMYrRTbbAW%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1259323177%26oauth_token%3DmpkFsSCRBr%26oauth_verifier%3DNone%26oauth_version%3D1.0' liboauth: key='sJqPztCnzK&NXrcirdjtp' in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Parsing oauth_callback=None&oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM&oauth_nonce=4JR1UhMa0ad07AMYrRTbbAW&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1259323177&oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr&oauth_verifier=None&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=csRwP%2Ffmpeejh%2FY5P2sGAyLc7i8%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_callback=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_nonce=4JR1UhMa0ad07AMYrRTbbAW in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_timestamp=1259323177 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_verifier=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_version=1.0 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature=csRwP%2Ffmpeejh%2FY5P2sGAyLc7i8%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Sending GET to http://127.0.0.1:33677/contacts/_design%2Fu1_record... with headers : Authorization: OAuth oauth_callback="None", oauth_consumer_key="LkbynOeTPM", oauth_nonce="4JR1UhMa0ad07AMYrRTbbAW", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1259323177", oauth_token="mpkFsSCRBr", oauth_verifier="None", oauth_version="1.0", oauth_signature="csRwP%2Ffmpeejh%2FY5P2sGAyLc7i8%3D" (process:18445): libebook-CRITICAL **: e_vcard_attribute_get_value: assertion `attr != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_nick_name: assertion `nick_name != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_spouse_name: assertion `spouse_name != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_company: assertion `company != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_department: assertion `department != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_title: assertion `title != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_job_title: assertion `job_title != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_manager_name: assertion `manager_name != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_assistant_name: assertion `assistant_name != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_office: assertion `office != NULL' failed in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): CRITICAL **: couchdb_document_contact_set_notes: assertion `notes != NULL' failed Generated 8e502b6e-bdf5-4e27-85c9-8504f71dd2a8 uuid (process:18445): libebook-CRITICAL **: e_contact_get_const: assertion `field_info [field_id].t & E_CONTACT_FIELD_TYPE_STRING' failed (process:18445): libebook-CRITICAL **: e_contact_get_const: assertion `field_info [field_id].t & E_CONTACT_FIELD_TYPE_STRING' failed (process:18445): libebook-CRITICAL **: e_contact_get_const: assertion `field_info [field_id].t & E_CONTACT_FIELD_TYPE_STRING' failed (process:18445): libebook-CRITICAL **: e_contact_get_const: assertion `field_info [field_id].t & E_CONTACT_FIELD_TYPE_STRING' failed (process:18445): libebook-CRITICAL **: e_contact_get_const: assertion `field_info [field_id].t & E_CONTACT_FIELD_TYPE_STRING' failed (process:18445): libebook-CRITICAL **: e_vcard_attribute_get_value: assertion `attr != NULL' failed liboauth: data to sign='PUT&http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A33677%2Fcontacts%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2F10.202.4.241%2Fexchange%2FPaul.Roach2%2FContacts%2FAmanda.EML&oauth_callback%3DNone%26oauth_consumer_key%3DLkbynOeTPM%26oauth_nonce%3D1aAW1iXmPfO9Lx9gv70llQpG4%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1259323177%26oauth_token%3DmpkFsSCRBr%26oauth_verifier%3DNone%26oauth_version%3D1.0' liboauth: key='sJqPztCnzK&NXrcirdjtp' in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Parsing oauth_callback=None&oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM&oauth_nonce=1aAW1iXmPfO9Lx9gv70llQpG4&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1259323177&oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr&oauth_verifier=None&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=N19n19F55Rpvi%2BoVM1QCKPSWRXI%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_callback=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_consumer_key=LkbynOeTPM in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_nonce=1aAW1iXmPfO9Lx9gv70llQpG4 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_timestamp=1259323177 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_token=mpkFsSCRBr in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_verifier=None in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_version=1.0 in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: oauth_signature=N19n19F55Rpvi%2BoVM1QCKPSWRXI%3D in server_log_handler ** (process:18445): DEBUG: Sending PUT to http://127.0.0.1:33677/contacts/https%3A%2F%2F10.202.4.241%2Fexchange%2FPaul.Roach2%2FContacts%2FAmanda.EML... with headers : Content-Type: application/json Authorization: OAuth oauth_callback="None", oauth_consumer_key="LkbynOeTPM", oauth_nonce="1aAW1iXmPfO9Lx9gv70llQpG4", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1259323177", oauth_token="mpkFsSCRBr", oauth_verifier="None", oauth_version="1.0", oauth_signature="N19n19F55Rpvi%2BoVM1QCKPSWRXI%3D"