Billionmail/BillionMail · error

error creating project configuration: %v

Error message

error creating project configuration: %v

What it means

Create() builds the default ProjectConfig and delegates persistence to SaveProjectConfig; if that save fails (marshal or write error), Create wraps the cause as 'error creating project configuration', so this error always masks an underlying SaveProjectConfig failure.

Source

Thrown at core/internal/service/askai/project.go:176

		}
	}

	var config ProjectConfig = ProjectConfig{
		Domain:        Domain,
		Urls:          urls,
		ProjectName:   "",
		Description:   "",
		Industry:      "",
		PrimaryLogo:   "",
		SecondaryLogo: "",
		Favicon:       "",
		Status:        true, // Default status is active
		KnowledgeBase: []KnowledgeInfo{},
	}

	err := SaveProjectConfig(Domain, config)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error creating project configuration: %v", err)
	}

	return nil
}

// GetBaseInfo retrieves the base information of a project configuration based on the provided domain.
// It reads the project configuration and returns a ProjectConfig struct containing only the base information.
func GetBaseInfo(Domain string) (ProjectConfig, error) {
	config, err := ReadProjectConfig(Domain)
	if err != nil {
		return ProjectConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("error reading project configuration: %v", err)
	}

	// Return only the base information
	baseInfo := ProjectConfig{
		Domain:        config.Domain,
		Urls:          config.Urls,
		ProjectName:   config.ProjectName,

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Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped inner error text to find the root cause (write vs marshal)
2. Fix filesystem permissions/disk space for PRODUCT_CONFIG_PATH before retrying Create
3. Ensure the project config directory exists and is writable (check MkdirAll handling)
4. Validate that Domain has no illegal path characters that could break the target path

Example fix

// before
if err := askai.Create(domain, urls); err != nil {
    return err // opaque
}
// after
if err := askai.Create(domain, urls); err != nil {
    log.Errorf("project create failed for %s: %v", domain, err) // wrapped cause inside
    return fmt.Errorf("init project %s failed: %w", domain, err)
}

if len(urls) > 3 { return errors.New("max 3 URLs") }
if _, err := os.Stat(productConfigPath); err != nil {
    os.MkdirAll(productConfigPath, 0o755)
}

if err := askai.Create(domain, urls); err != nil {
    var inner = err.Error()
    switch {
    case strings.Contains(inner, "writing"):
        return fmt.Errorf("disk/permission problem creating project: %w", err)
    case strings.Contains(inner, "marshalling"):
        return fmt.Errorf("config data invalid: %w", err)
    default:
        return err
    }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Create(Domain, urls) where the underlying SaveProjectConfig fails — json.MarshalIndent error (136), os.WriteFile error (137, e.g. read-only volume or missing directory), or any filesystem fault.

Common situations: Read-only or full config volume during project setup; permission problems in containerized deployments; corrupted ProjectConfig with non-serializable fields; PRODUCT_CONFIG_PATH misconfigured.

Related errors

• project configuration file does not exist: %s
• error saving default footer config file: %v
• error saving footer config file: %v
• error saving default prompt config file: %v
• error reading prompt config file: %v

AI-assisted analysis of Billionmail/BillionMail@fc36c76c05 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5e89e95803469572. Report an issue: GitHub.