Hmbown/CodeWhale · error

Refusing to import '{}': {} (enabled=false is a hard block)

Error message

Refusing to import '{}': {} (enabled=false is a hard block)

What it means

Raised while importing an external MCP server candidate whose discovered source is disabled (enabled=false). Discovery collects external sources and their enablement state; a disabled source is treated as a hard block, so importing a server from it is refused with the candidate name and the blocking reason interpolated into the message.

Source

Thrown at crates/tui/src/tui/ui/provider_routes.rs:748

    use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};

    let home = crate::config::effective_home_dir().unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("."));
    let market_path = codewhale_config::codewhale_home()
        .ok()
        .map(|h| h.join("mcp-marketplace.json"));
    let markets: Vec<PathBuf> = market_path.into_iter().collect();
    let all = discover_external_sources(&home, workspace, &markets);
    let candidate = all
        .iter()
        .find(|c| c.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name))
        .ok_or_else(|| {
            anyhow::anyhow!(
                "No external MCP candidate named '{name}'. Run /mcp import to list sources with provenance."
            )
        })?;

    if approve && candidate.hard_blocked {
        anyhow::bail!(
            "Refusing to import '{}': {} (enabled=false is a hard block)",
            candidate.name,
            candidate.block_reason.as_deref().unwrap_or("hard blocked")
        );
    }

    let mut decisions = HashMap::new();
    decisions.insert(
        candidate.name.clone(),
        if approve {
            ImportDecision::Approve
        } else {
            ImportDecision::Decline
        },
    );

    let mut store = load_consent_store(&mcp_import_consent_path());
    let now = SystemTime::now()

View on GitHub (pinned to 0c42157ee5)

Solutions

1. Enable the external MCP source in its configuration, then retry the import
2. Import the server from a source that is not disabled
3. Remove the disabled source entry if it is obsolete

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/tui/src/tui/ui/provider_routes.rs:748 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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