Hmbown/CodeWhale · error

{} has no supported external credential owner

Error message

{} has no supported external credential owner

What it means

Error "{} has no supported external credential owner" thrown in Hmbown/CodeWhale.

Source

Thrown at crates/tui/src/config.rs:11297

/// succeeds. This function never inspects the external path.
pub(crate) fn persist_external_credential_consent_for_at(
    config_path: Option<&Path>,
    live_config: &mut Config,
    provider: ApiProvider,
    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.")?,
    };

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/tui/src/config.rs:11297 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/be2f871b212dae74. Report an issue: GitHub.