abiosoft/colima · error

failed to fetch releases: %w

Error message

failed to fetch releases: %w

What it means

getLatestRamalamaVersion does an HTTP GET to https://api.github.com/repos/containers/ramalama/releases/latest with a 10s client timeout; client.Get returning an error wraps into this message. The request never completed: DNS failure, no route to api.github.com, TLS/proxy interception, or exceeding the 10s timeout. (HTTP-level failures like 403 rate limits are a different, status-code error.)

Source

Thrown at model/ramalama.go:45

	guest := lima.New(host.New())
	output, err := guest.RunOutput("sh", "-c", `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; ramalama version 2>/dev/null`)
	if err != nil {
		return ""
	}
	// Output format: "ramalama version 0.17.1"
	output = strings.TrimSpace(output)
	if version, ok := strings.CutPrefix(output, "ramalama version "); ok {
		return version
	}
	return ""
}

// getLatestRamalamaVersion fetches the latest release version from GitHub.
func getLatestRamalamaVersion() (string, error) {
	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
	resp, err := client.Get(ramalamaReleasesURL)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch releases: %w", err)
	}
	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
	}

	var release struct {
		TagName string `json:"tag_name"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&release); err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to decode response: %w", err)
	}

	// Tag might be "v0.17.1" or "0.17.1"
	version := strings.TrimPrefix(release.TagName, "v")
	return version, nil
}

View on GitHub (pinned to c3a5f9184d)

Solutions

1. Verify reachability: curl -sS https://api.github.com/repos/containers/ramalama/releases/latest
2. Configure the proxy for the colima process (HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY/NO_PROXY) and retry
3. Fix DNS (resolv.conf / VPN split-DNS) if the host cannot resolve api.github.com
4. If the network is intentionally restricted, skip the version check and use the already-installed ramalama; on slow links, raise the 10s client timeout

Example fix

// before
client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
resp, err := client.Get(ramalamaReleasesURL)

// after: honor proxy env explicitly and allow a longer timeout
client := &http.Client{
    Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
    Transport: &http.Transport{Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment},
}
resp, err := client.Get(ramalamaReleasesURL)

// Quick connectivity probe before the real fetch.
func githubReachable() bool {
    c := &http.Client{Timeout: 3 * time.Second}
    resp, err := c.Get("https://api.github.com")
    if err != nil { return false }
    _ = resp.Body.Close()
    return true
}

latest, err := getLatestRamalamaVersion()
if err != nil {
    // offline / firewalled: fall back to what's installed rather than failing setup
    log.Warnf("could not fetch latest ramalama version: %v; using installed version", err)
    latest = GetRamalamaVersion() // may be "" -> skip upgrade decision
}

When it happens

Trigger: Offline machine or firewalled CI blocking api.github.com; corporate proxy not configured (HTTPS_PROXY unset for the process); broken DNS; GitHub unreachable or the request exceeding the fixed 10-second timeout on slow links.

Common situations: Air-gapped or proxied enterprise environments; CI runners with restricted egress; flaky mobile/tethered networks; DNS breakage in VMs or containers running colima.

Related errors

• unexpected status code: %d
• error provisioning %s: %w
• error getting qcow image: %w
• error during image download: %w
• failed to decode response: %w

AI-assisted analysis of abiosoft/colima@c3a5f9184d (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e49feb518d1de55e. Report an issue: GitHub.