alibaba/open-code-review · error

failed to save models: %w

Error message

failed to save models: %w

What it means

In the custom-provider TUI, after appending a model to a custom provider, saveConfig fails to persist the updated config to disk. The model rolls back the in-memory entry to its previous state (prevEntry); if reloadConfigAfterSaveFailure also cannot restore by re-reading the file, this error propagates. It means the model was added in the UI but the config file could not be written (permissions, disk full, bad path).

Source

Thrown at cmd/opencodereview/provider_tui.go:843

			return false, nil
		}
		entry := m.customProviderEntry(cp.name, cp.entry)
		prevEntry := cloneProviderEntry(entry)
		entry.Models = append(entry.Models, name)
		if m.existingCfg.CustomProviders == nil {
			m.existingCfg.CustomProviders = make(map[string]ProviderEntry)
		}
		m.existingCfg.CustomProviders[cp.name] = entry
		cp.entry = entry
		m.customProviders[m.customIdx] = cp
		if m.configPath != "" {
			if err := saveConfig(m.configPath, m.existingCfg); err != nil {
				if !m.reloadConfigAfterSaveFailure() {
					m.existingCfg.CustomProviders[cp.name] = prevEntry
					cp.entry = prevEntry
					m.customProviders[m.customIdx] = cp
				}
				return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to save models: %w", err)
			}
		}
		m.savedInSession = true
		return true, nil
	case tabOfficial:
		provider := m.currentProvider()
		if provider.Name == "" {
			return false, nil
		}
		if m.existingCfg.Providers == nil {
			m.existingCfg.Providers = make(map[string]ProviderEntry)
		}
		entry := m.existingCfg.Providers[provider.Name]
		prevEntry := cloneProviderEntry(entry)
		entry.Models = append(entry.Models, name)
		m.existingCfg.Providers[provider.Name] = entry
		// Intentionally do not mutate m.providers[officialIdx].Models: that slice
		// is a read-only snapshot from the provider registry (llm.ListProviders).

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Solutions

1. Check disk space and file permissions on the config file's directory
2. Inspect the wrapped error for the actual write failure (permission denied, disk full, invalid path)
3. Retry the save after fixing the filesystem issue; the TUI rolls back the in-memory entry when the save fails

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/opencodereview/provider_tui.go:843 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of alibaba/open-code-review@5cf97d0d15 (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/58b5cb44514e5594. Report an issue: GitHub.