alibaba/open-code-review · error

save config: %w

Error message

save config: %w

What it means

saveConfig failed while persisting an edited custom provider (permissions, path, disk, or serialization). The handler first tries to reload the config from disk to resync in-memory state; if the reload also fails it restores the pre-save backup (backupProviders/backupActiveProvider/backup Model) and surfaces the save error, which is wrapped here with 'save config:'. The edit is lost; the file is left as it was.

Source

Thrown at cmd/opencodereview/provider_tui.go:1402

		if m.existingCfg.Provider == r.editTargetName {
			m.existingCfg.Provider = r.provider
			m.existingCfg.Model = ""
		}
	}
	m.existingCfg.CustomProviders[r.provider] = entry

	if err := saveConfig(m.configPath, m.existingCfg); err != nil {
		m.formError = fmt.Sprintf("failed to save: %v", err)
		if reloaded, reloadErr := loadOrCreateConfig(m.configPath); reloadErr == nil {
			m.existingCfg = reloaded
			m.customProviders = collectCustomProviders(reloaded)
		} else {
			m.existingCfg.CustomProviders = backupProviders
			m.existingCfg.Provider = backupActiveProvider
			m.existingCfg.Model = backupActiveModel
			m.customProviders = backupCustomList
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("save config: %w", err)
	}
	m.customProviders = collectCustomProviders(m.existingCfg)
	if idx := m.findCustomIdx(r.provider); idx >= 0 {
		m.customIdx = idx
	}
	m.savedInSession = true
	return nil
}

func (m providerTUIModel) findCustomIdx(name string) int {
	for i, cp := range m.customProviders {
		if cp.name == name {
			return i
		}
	}
	return -1
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 5cf97d0d15)

Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped error to determine why the config write failed (permissions, disk space, malformed path)
2. Fix the filesystem issue and retry the save from the TUI
3. On failure the code attempts to reload the config from disk, or restores the backup of provider/model state if reload also fails; restart the TUI if state seems inconsistent

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/opencodereview/provider_tui.go:1402 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/da456f9b096f8ee9. Report an issue: GitHub.