Creating a New Folder with Section in Project window throws “Could not move asset 'Assets' to new folder” error in the Console

Unity: Project Browser

Fixed

6.6.X

6000.6.0a1

6.5.X

6000.5.0a8

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create new Unity project
2. In Project window create New Folder with Selection (Right-click > Create > New Folder with Selection)
3. Observe the Console window

Actual results: Error is thrown in the Console window "Could not move asset 'Assets' to new folder: Cannot move asset from Assets to Assets/New Folder with Selection 1/Assets: Trying to move asset as a sub directory of itself Assets/New Folder with Selection 1/Assets
UnityEditor.GUIView:ProcessEvent (UnityEngine.EntityId,intptr,bool&) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Editor/Mono/GUIView.cs:70)”
Expected results: No errors thrown in the Console window

Reproducible with versions: 6000.5.0a7
Can’t test with versions: 6000.0.67f1, 6000.3.10f1, 6000.4.0b9 (No such option available in the menu)

Tested on (OS): macOS Silicon, Tahoe 26.2 (M1)

Creating a New Folder with Section in Project window throws “Could not move asset 'Assets' to new folder” error in the Console

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Creating a New Folder with Section in Project window throws “Could not move asset 'Assets' to new folder” error in the Console

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