Track doesn't use any note in A, yet is in A minor?

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It shows the snippet is in A minor, yet it doesn’t use any A note.
Pre-dominantly it’s using D notes, hence I’m confused whether this is still A minor (instead of D minor).

Can someone explain whether this is a user-error (selected the wrong key before publishing?),
or I’m missing knowledge in music theory?

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Check the tab again I edited it

If you didn’t know already the TheoryTab database is entirely user generated. Which also means there is human error in many of them. If you see a wrong key you can simply press edit, change the key (in this case relatively) and apply any remaining fixes.

Also yes I do think this is in D (Dorian actually), more notes in my edit's comment (which I'll post here for conveniences sake)

just hearing it I definitely think this is in D dorian; the d feels like the tonic and the dorian mode provides the extra stability for ii chords to use. furthermore the a feels like the dominant leading back up to D or E. also tied the chords, removed the last chord and tweaked the melody and sync slightly

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