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bundle at has kind ; expected

Error message

bundle at {source} has kind {:?}; expected {BUNDLE_KIND:?}

What it means

`validate_bundle` checks that a parsed `PortableBundle` has `kind == BUNDLE_KIND`, the single bundle type this build understands. A mismatch bails with the actual kind and the expected value. The kind is read from the bundle document itself, so this fires when the JSON parses but is not a Codewhale config bundle of the expected type.

Solutions

1. Export a fresh bundle with the matching `codewhale` command so `kind` equals `BUNDLE_KIND`.
2. Fix the `kind` field in the JSON if it was accidentally edited, matching the expected value shown in the error.
3. Confirm you are importing the right artifact — the file may be from a different tool or a different bundle type.

Example fix

// before
{ "kind": "other-bundle", ... }
// after
{ "kind": "<BUNDLE_KIND value from the error>", ... }

let doc: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&text)?;
if doc.get("kind").and_then(|k| k.as_str()) != Some("<BUNDLE_KIND>") {
    // wrong artifact; refuse before handing to the parser
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling `parse_bundle_str` (via `parse_bundle_bytes`/import) with a JSON document whose top-level `kind` field differs from `BUNDLE_KIND` — e.g. an unrelated JSON export, a bundle from a different tool, or a hand-edited file that changed `kind`.

Common situations: Importing a config file instead of an exported bundle; importing another product's bundle; manually editing the bundle and corrupting the `kind` field.

Understand the failure class

Background: Schema validation failed / invalid input schema: payload rejected because its shape doesn't match the expected schema — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

• bundle at is bytes; the limit is bytes
• --input-json must be a JSON object
• API key name must be 1
• --attempts must be an integer from 1 to 20
• bad channel slug

AI-assisted analysis of Hmbown/CodeWhale@433685b202 (2026-09-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4a72a2c740519d08. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at crates/cli/src/config_bundles.rs:231

            }
            Ok(())
        }
    }

    let mut deserializer = serde_json::Deserializer::from_str(text);
    let mut path = Vec::new();
    NoDuplicates { path: &mut path }
        .deserialize(&mut deserializer)
        .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("{error}"))?;
    deserializer
        .end()
        .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("{error}"))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn validate_bundle(bundle: &PortableBundle, source: &str) -> Result<()> {
    if bundle.kind != BUNDLE_KIND {
        bail!(
            "bundle at {source} has kind {:?}; expected {BUNDLE_KIND:?}",
            bundle.kind
        );
    }
    if bundle.schema_version != BUNDLE_SCHEMA_VERSION {
        bail!(
            "bundle at {source} has schema_version {}; this build understands {BUNDLE_SCHEMA_VERSION}",
            bundle.schema_version
        );
    }
    Ok(())
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Secret rejection
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

/// One rejected entry: the dotted key path and the reason. Values are never

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