${specName} RENAMED failed for header "### Requirement: ${r.

Error message

${specName} RENAMED failed for header "### Requirement: ${r.to}" - target already exists

What it means

Error "${specName} RENAMED failed for header "### Requirement: ${r.to}" - target already exists" thrown in Fission-AI/OpenSpec.

Source

Thrown at src/core/specs-apply.ts:403

      // not a failure. Only a missing source AND target is a genuine error.
      if (nameToBlock.has(to)) {
        // Unless a case/whitespace variant of the source still exists (and is
        // not the target itself, as in a case-only rename): that is a typo'd
        // header, not an early-synced rename — same guard REMOVED applies.
        const nearMiss = [...nameToBlock.keys()].find(
          (k) => k !== to && foldRequirementName(k) === foldRequirementName(from)
        );
        if (nearMiss !== undefined) {
          throw new Error(
            `${specName} RENAMED failed for header "### Requirement: ${r.from}" - source not found, but "### Requirement: ${nameToBlock.get(nearMiss)!.name}" exists; fix the header to match it exactly`
          );
        }
        continue;
      }
      throw new Error(`${specName} RENAMED failed for header "### Requirement: ${r.from}" - source not found`);
    }
    if (nameToBlock.has(to)) {
      throw new Error(`${specName} RENAMED failed for header "### Requirement: ${r.to}" - target already exists`);
    }
    const block = nameToBlock.get(from)!;
    const newHeader = `### Requirement: ${to}`;
    const rawLines = block.raw.split('\n');
    rawLines[0] = newHeader;
    const renamedBlock: RequirementBlock = {
      headerLine: newHeader,
      name: to,
      raw: rawLines.join('\n'),
    };
    nameToBlock.delete(from);
    nameToBlock.set(to, renamedBlock);
    renamedTargets.set(from, to);
    renamedApplied++;
  }

  // REMOVED
  let removedApplied = 0;

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/core/specs-apply.ts:403 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Fission-AI/OpenSpec@6926ccb18a (2026-08-25). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fbd94b04ab567327. Report an issue: GitHub.