HKUDS/Vibe-Trading · error · TigerConfigError

Tiger account number is not configured

Error message

Tiger account number is not configured

What it means

_assert_profile is the fail-closed gate run before every Tiger operation; it first requires a non-empty account number. Because Tiger's API cannot meaningfully operate without an account, an empty/whitespace cfg.account raises TigerConfigError immediately rather than producing confusing downstream API errors.

Source

Thrown at agent/src/trading/connectors/tiger/sdk.py:595

def _trade_client(cfg: TigerConfig):
    _require_tigeropen()
    from tigeropen.trade.trade_client import TradeClient  # type: ignore

    return TradeClient(_client_config(cfg))


def _quote_client(cfg: TigerConfig):
    _require_tigeropen()
    from tigeropen.quote.quote_client import QuoteClient  # type: ignore

    return QuoteClient(_client_config(cfg))


def _assert_profile(cfg: TigerConfig) -> None:
    """Fail closed when the account does not match the declared environment."""
    account = (cfg.account or "").strip()
    if not account:
        raise TigerConfigError("Tiger account number is not configured")
    paper = is_paper_account(account)
    if cfg.environment == "paper" and not paper:
        raise TigerProfileMismatchError(
            "Configured profile is paper, but the account number is not a 17-digit Tiger paper account. "
            "Use a live profile only if you intend live-account access."
        )
    if cfg.environment == "live" and paper:
        raise TigerProfileMismatchError(
            "Configured profile is live, but the account number is a 17-digit Tiger paper account. "
            "Select a paper profile for paper accounts."
        )


def _missing_fields(cfg: TigerConfig) -> list[str]:
    missing = []
    if not cfg.tiger_id:
        missing.append("tiger_id")
    if not cfg.private_key_path:

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Solutions

1. Add the Tiger account number to the config mapping/file under the 'account' key
2. Fetch the account number from the Tiger portal (or accounts endpoint) and re-run save_config
3. If constructing programmatically, ensure TigerConfig(account='...') is set before calling connector functions

Example fix

// before
{"tiger_id": "123456", "private_key_path": "~/.tiger/pk.pem"}

// after
{"tiger_id": "123456", "private_key_path": "~/.tiger/pk.pem", "account": "20190129101234567"}

def tiger_account_configured(cfg) -> bool:
    return bool((cfg.account or '').strip())

def has_tiger_account(cfg: TigerConfig) -> bool:
    return isinstance(cfg.account, str) and len(cfg.account.strip()) > 0

if not (cfg.account or '').strip():
    raise SystemExit('Tiger account missing — set it in the connector config')
try:
    get_quote(cfg, symbol)
except TigerConfigError as exc:
    handle_config_error(exc)

When it happens

Trigger: Calling check_status, get_account_snapshot, get_positions, get_open_orders, get_quote, or get_historical_bars with a config where 'account' was never set — e.g. from_mapping on a JSON lacking the account key, or a default-constructed TigerConfig().

Common situations: Config JSON written with tiger_id and private_key_path but account omitted; test fixtures forgetting the account field; assuming the SDK discovers the default account automatically (it does not in this connector).

Related errors

• profile must be 'paper', 'live-readonly' or 'live'
• group_message_buffer_size must be > 0
• SWARM_WORKER_RETRY_MAX_DELAY_S must be greater than or equal
• Unsupported config file format: {suffix or '<none>'}
• HTTP MCP servers require an explicit type of 'sse' or 'strea

AI-assisted analysis of HKUDS/Vibe-Trading@80ffdda44c (2026-08-28). Data as JSON: /api/errors/05ce8f1c2eef3332. Report an issue: GitHub.