JuliusBrussee/caveman · error

githubapp: request failed: %w

Error message

githubapp: request failed: %w

What it means

App.do's HTTP client failed at the transport level while executing the GitHub API request: connection refused, DNS failure, TLS error, or timeout. The underlying error is wrapped; the request never got as far as a GitHub response.

Source

Thrown at shared/platform/githubapp/githubapp.go:384

		b, err := json.Marshal(body)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("githubapp: marshal request: %w", err)
		}
		reader = bytes.NewReader(b)
	}
	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, target.String(), reader)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("githubapp: build request: %w", err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", authorization)
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/vnd.github+json")
	req.Header.Set("X-GitHub-Api-Version", "2022-11-28")
	if body != nil {
		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	}
	resp, err := a.httpClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("githubapp: request failed: %w", err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	raw, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4<<20))
	if err != nil {
		return resp.StatusCode, nil, fmt.Errorf("githubapp: read response: %w", err)
	}
	return resp.StatusCode, raw, nil
}

// parseRSAPrivateKey accepts a PKCS#1 ("RSA PRIVATE KEY") or PKCS#8
// ("PRIVATE KEY") PEM — GitHub Apps download PKCS#1, but Cloud KMS / openssl
// conversions emit PKCS#8, so we accept both.
func parseRSAPrivateKey(pemBytes []byte) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) {
	block, _ := pem.Decode(pemBytes)
	if block == nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("githubapp: private key is not valid PEM")
	}
	if key, err := x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(block.Bytes); err == nil {

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Solutions

1. Retry with backoff on transient network errors; check connectivity to the GitHub host
2. Respect context cancellation: abort or re-issue with a fresh deadline; inspect the wrapped cause

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at shared/platform/githubapp/githubapp.go:384 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of JuliusBrussee/caveman@766dce6b13 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/eddd5c2736fb3833. Report an issue: GitHub.