Hmbown/CodeWhale · error

memory search query is empty or too long

Error message

memory search query is empty or too long

What it means

validate_query guard for native-memory search: after trimming, the query is empty or exceeds MAX_QUERY_CHARS in character count. The bound keeps the search comparison cheap and blocks degenerate all-matching queries.

Source

Thrown at crates/tui/src/native_memory.rs:899

    let note = note
        .lines()
        .map(str::trim)
        .filter(|line| !line.is_empty())
        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
        .join(" ");
    if note.is_empty() {
        bail!("memory note is empty");
    }
    if note.len() > MAX_NOTE_BYTES {
        bail!("memory note exceeds {MAX_NOTE_BYTES} bytes");
    }
    Ok(note.trim_start_matches('-').trim().to_string())
}

fn validate_query(query: &str) -> Result<&str> {
    let query = query.trim();
    if query.is_empty() || query.chars().count() > MAX_QUERY_CHARS {
        bail!("memory search query is empty or too long");
    }
    Ok(query)
}

fn safe_component(value: &str) -> Result<String> {
    if value.is_empty()
        || value == "."
        || value == ".."
        || value.contains('/')
        || value.contains('\\')
    {
        bail!("invalid memory workspace id");
    }
    Ok(value.to_string())
}

fn ensure_memory_file(path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
    if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {

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Solutions

1. Provide a shorter, non-empty search query
2. Retry the memory search

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/tui/src/native_memory.rs:899 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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