MemPalace/mempalace · error · ValueError

{label} file not found: {path!r}

Error message

{label} file not found: {path!r}

What it means

Error "{label} file not found: {path!r}" thrown in MemPalace/mempalace.

Source

Thrown at mempalace/mcp_server.py:6827

def _resolve_tls_paths() -> tuple:
    """Resolve the TLS cert/key from --tls-cert/--tls-key or env, or (None, None).

    Flags take precedence over ``MEMPALACE_MCP_TLS_CERT`` / ``MEMPALACE_MCP_TLS_KEY``.
    Both must be given together; one without the other is a configuration error
    (raised here, before any bind, so it fails loudly at startup).
    """
    cert = (
        getattr(_args, "tls_cert", None) or os.environ.get("MEMPALACE_MCP_TLS_CERT", "")
    ).strip()
    key = (getattr(_args, "tls_key", None) or os.environ.get("MEMPALACE_MCP_TLS_KEY", "")).strip()
    if bool(cert) != bool(key):
        raise ValueError("TLS requires both --tls-cert and --tls-key (or the matching env vars)")
    if not cert:
        return None, None
    for label, path in (("--tls-cert", cert), ("--tls-key", key)):
        if not os.path.isfile(path):
            raise ValueError(f"{label} file not found: {path!r}")
    return cert, key


def _wrap_tls(sock, cert: str, key: str):
    """Wrap a server socket in a TLS 1.2+ context. Raises on bad cert/key."""
    import ssl

    ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
    ctx.minimum_version = ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_2
    ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile=cert, keyfile=key)
    return ctx.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=True)


def _http_is_loopback(host: str) -> bool:
    """Whether ``host`` binds only to this machine."""
    return (host or "").strip().lower() in _HTTP_LOOPBACK_HOSTS

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Solutions

1. Check the path and that the file exists and is readable

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at mempalace/mcp_server.py:6827 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: A configured TLS cert/key file path does not exist.

AI-assisted analysis of MemPalace/mempalace@06cb6987f0 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fdfdead35f4402d4. Report an issue: GitHub.