HKUDS/Vibe-Trading · error · RuntimeError

Not connected to signal-cli daemon

Error message

Not connected to signal-cli daemon

What it means

A JSON-RPC request was attempted via _send_http_request before the HTTP client existed, i.e. the channel is not started or start() failed.

Solutions

1. Await start() (and confirm it succeeded) before any send
2. Guard with the channel's running/connected state if exposed
3. Don't reuse a channel instance after stop()

Example fix

# before
await channel.send(...)  # before start
# after
await channel.start()
await channel.send(...)

if not getattr(channel, '_http', None):
    await channel.start()

def is_started(ch) -> bool:
    return getattr(ch, '_http', None) is not None and ch._running

except RuntimeError as e:
    if 'Not connected' in str(e):
        await channel.start(); retry_send()

When it happens

Trigger: Calling send() or typing-indicator methods before awaiting start(), or after stop() has torn down the client.

Common situations: Forgetting to await channel.start(), racing startup, or using the channel after an exception in start().

Related errors

• HTTP client not initialized for Signal SSE stream
• signal-cli send failed
• group_message_buffer_size must be > 0
• signal-cli daemon check returned status
• signal-cli daemon not responding

AI-assisted analysis of HKUDS/Vibe-Trading@80ffdda44c (2026-08-28). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2b8031e4f0bd8b8d. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at agent/src/channels/signal.py:1424

        self, method: str, params: dict[str, Any] | None = None
    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
        """Send a JSON-RPC request via HTTP and wait for response."""
        # Generate request ID
        self._request_id += 1
        request_id = self._request_id

        # Build JSON-RPC request
        request = {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": method, "id": request_id}

        if params:
            request["params"] = params

        return await self._send_http_request(request)

    async def _send_http_request(self, request: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
        """Send JSON-RPC request via HTTP."""
        if not self._http:
            raise RuntimeError("Not connected to signal-cli daemon")

        try:
            response = await self._http.post("/api/v1/rpc", json=request)
            response.raise_for_status()
            return response.json()
        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.error("HTTP request failed: {}", e)
            return {"error": {"message": str(e)}}

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