FoundationAgents/OpenManus · error · ToolError

Invalid `view_range`: {view_range}. Its second element `{fin

Error message

Invalid `view_range`: {view_range}. Its second element `{final_line}` should be larger or equal than its first `{init_line}`

What it means

Error "Invalid `view_range`: {view_range}. Its second element `{final_line}` should be larger or equal than its first `{init_line}`" thrown in FoundationAgents/OpenManus.

Source

Thrown at app/tool/str_replace_editor.py:268

                )

            file_lines = file_content.split("\n")
            n_lines_file = len(file_lines)
            init_line, final_line = view_range

            # Validate view range
            if init_line < 1 or init_line > n_lines_file:
                raise ToolError(
                    f"Invalid `view_range`: {view_range}. Its first element `{init_line}` should be "
                    f"within the range of lines of the file: {[1, n_lines_file]}"
                )
            if final_line > n_lines_file:
                raise ToolError(
                    f"Invalid `view_range`: {view_range}. Its second element `{final_line}` should be "
                    f"smaller than the number of lines in the file: `{n_lines_file}`"
                )
            if final_line != -1 and final_line < init_line:
                raise ToolError(
                    f"Invalid `view_range`: {view_range}. Its second element `{final_line}` should be "
                    f"larger or equal than its first `{init_line}`"
                )

            # Apply range
            if final_line == -1:
                file_content = "\n".join(file_lines[init_line - 1 :])
            else:
                file_content = "\n".join(file_lines[init_line - 1 : final_line])

        # Format and return result
        return CLIResult(
            output=self._make_output(file_content, str(path), init_line=init_line)
        )

    async def str_replace(
        self,
        path: PathLike,

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Solutions

1. Ensure the second element of `view_range` is greater than or equal to the first element, e.g. [10, 20] not [20, 10].

When it happens

Trigger: Raised when the second element of `view_range` is smaller than the first element (and is not -1).

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of FoundationAgents/OpenManus@52a13f2a57 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/71773dbf91684bf1. Report an issue: GitHub.