JuliusBrussee/caveman · error · Error

timeoutMs must be a positive integer

Error message

timeoutMs must be a positive integer

What it means

Error "timeoutMs must be a positive integer" thrown in JuliusBrussee/caveman.

Source

Thrown at packages/sdk/typescript/src/index.ts:356

  try {
    parsed = new URL(value);
  } catch {
    throw new Error(`${name} must be an absolute http(s) URL`);
  }
  if ((parsed.protocol !== "http:" && parsed.protocol !== "https:") || !parsed.hostname || parsed.username || parsed.password) {
    throw new Error(`${name} must be an absolute http(s) URL without credentials`);
  }
  if (parsed.search || parsed.hash) throw new Error(`${name} must not contain a query or fragment`);
  return value.replace(/\/+$/, "");
}

export class Cave {
  readonly options: CaveOptions;

  constructor(options: CaveOptions) {
    if (!options.apiKey || !options.baseURL || !options.agent) throw new Error("apiKey, baseURL, and agent are required");
    if (options.timeoutMs !== undefined && (!Number.isSafeInteger(options.timeoutMs) || options.timeoutMs <= 0)) {
      throw new Error("timeoutMs must be a positive integer");
    }
    // CAVE_WORKFLOW lets a wrapper (`cave wrap --workflow x`) label every request
    // from an SDK app without a code change. An explicit option always wins.
    // globalThis lookup keeps the SDK browser-neutral (no node type dependency).
    // The env value is normalized to the gateway's label rule (lowercase
    // [a-z0-9_-], max 96) — an invalid ambient value is ignored rather than
    // 400-ing every request. Mirrors caveman_cloud (Python).
    const envRaw = (globalThis as { process?: { env?: Record<string, string | undefined> } }).process?.env?.["CAVE_WORKFLOW"]?.toLowerCase();
    const envWorkflow = envRaw && /^[a-z0-9_-]{1,96}$/.test(envRaw) ? envRaw : undefined;
    const normalized: CaveOptions = {
      ...options,
      baseURL: normalizedServiceURL(options.baseURL, "baseURL"),
      ...(options.controlURL === undefined
        ? {}
        : { controlURL: normalizedServiceURL(options.controlURL, "controlURL") }),
    };
    this.options = !normalized.defaultWorkflow && envWorkflow
      ? { ...normalized, defaultWorkflow: envWorkflow }

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Solutions

1. Set timeoutMs to a positive integer.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/sdk/typescript/src/index.ts:356 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Timeouts: ETIMEDOUT, deadlines, and hung requests — what actually expires when a request times out.

AI-assisted analysis of JuliusBrussee/caveman@27d5a3981a (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3f2a43c969502d39. Report an issue: GitHub.