Hmbown/CodeWhale · error

external credential owner does not match provider {}

Error message

external credential owner does not match provider {}

What it means

Error "external credential owner does not match provider {}" thrown in Hmbown/CodeWhale.

Source

Thrown at crates/tui/src/config.rs:11302

    consent_provider: codewhale_config::ProviderKind,
    source: codewhale_config::ExternalCredentialSource,
    path: &Path,
) -> Result<PathBuf> {
    let expected = match provider {
        ApiProvider::OpenaiCodex => (
            codewhale_config::ProviderKind::OpenaiCodex,
            codewhale_config::ExternalCredentialSource::CodexCli,
        ),
        ApiProvider::Xai => (
            codewhale_config::ProviderKind::Xai,
            codewhale_config::ExternalCredentialSource::GrokCli,
        ),
        _ => anyhow::bail!(
            "{} has no supported external credential owner",
            provider.as_str()
        ),
    };
    anyhow::ensure!(
        (consent_provider, source) == expected,
        "external credential owner does not match provider {}",
        provider.as_str()
    );
    let path = codewhale_config::resolve_external_credential_path(path)?;
    let path_value = path.to_str().context(
        "external credential path cannot be persisted losslessly because it is not valid UTF-8",
    )?;
    let config_path = match config_path {
        Some(path) => path.to_path_buf(),
        None => credential_config_path()
            .context("Failed to resolve config path for external credential consent.")?,
    };
    ensure_parent_dir(&config_path)?;
    let key_inside = provider_config_key(provider).context("external credential provider key")?;
    crate::config_persistence::mutate_config_document(&config_path, |doc| {
        crate::config_persistence::set_document_value(
            doc,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/tui/src/config.rs:11302 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Hmbown/CodeWhale@8880682c63 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9a5e329a43bb3b39. Report an issue: GitHub.