{"record":{"id":"0163b9d6f217d281","repo":"xtekky/gpt4free","slug":"syntax-error-in-workspace-module-name-source","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Syntax error in workspace module '{name}' ({source_path}):\\n{traceback.format_exc()}","messagePattern":"Syntax error in workspace module '(.+?)' \\((.+?)\\):\\\\n(.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ImportError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"g4f/mcp/pa_provider.py","lineNumber":356,"sourceCode":"    module.__file__ = str(source_path.resolve())\n    module.__name__ = name\n    if pkg_init.is_file():\n        module.__path__ = [str((workspace / name).resolve())]\n        module.__package__ = name\n    else:\n        module.__package__ = \"\"\n\n    # Build sandbox globals for the module\n    module_globals = _make_safe_globals(SAFE_MODULES)\n    module_globals[\"__file__\"] = str(source_path.resolve())\n    module_globals[\"__name__\"] = name\n    module_globals[\"__package__\"] = module.__package__\n    module.__dict__.update(module_globals)\n\n    try:\n        compiled = compile(code, str(source_path), \"exec\")\n    except SyntaxError:\n        raise ImportError(\n            f\"Syntax error in workspace module '{name}' \"\n            f\"({source_path}):\\n{traceback.format_exc()}\"\n        )\n\n    # Execute in the current thread (no timeout — module loading is expected\n    # to be fast and we need the module object synchronously).\n    prev_depth = sys.getrecursionlimit()\n    sys.setrecursionlimit(MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH)\n    try:\n        exec(compiled, module.__dict__, module.__dict__)  # noqa: S102\n    except Exception:\n        raise ImportError(\n            f\"Failed to load workspace module '{name}' \"\n            f\"({source_path}):\\n{traceback.format_exc()}\"\n        )\n    finally:\n        sys.setrecursionlimit(prev_depth)\n","sourceCodeStart":338,"sourceCodeEnd":374,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/xtekky/gpt4free/blob/973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3/g4f/mcp/pa_provider.py#L338-L374","documentation":"Thrown by g4f's .pa.py sandbox loader (pa_provider.py) when Python's compile() raises SyntaxError on a workspace module's source. The original syntax error and full traceback are embedded in the ImportError message so the offending line is visible. It fires before any execution of the module.","triggerScenarios":"Uploading a .pa.py workspace module containing invalid Python — unbalanced brackets, bad indentation, Python-2-style print, f-string typos, or a file saved mid-edit / truncated by an upload limit.","commonSituations":"AI-generated tool code edited into a workspace with a missing colon or paren; copy-paste losing leading spaces (IndentationError is a SyntaxError subclass); encoding issues (smart quotes pasted from chat clients); partial file writes during concurrent edits.","solutions":["Read the embedded traceback in the ImportError message — it names the line and column of the syntax error; fix that line.","Validate locally first: python -m py_compile module.pa.py before uploading.","Re-upload the complete file if truncation is suspected (check the file end).","Replace smart quotes/dashes with ASCII equivalents if the source was pasted from a rich-text source."],"exampleFix":"// before (module.pa.py)\ndef run(x)\n    return x * 2\n\n// after\ndef run(x):\n    return x * 2","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"import py_compile, tempfile, os\n\ndef module_compiles(source: str) -> bool:\n    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('w', suffix='.py', delete=False) as f:\n        f.write(source)\n        path = f.name\n    try:\n        py_compile.compile(path, doraise=True)\n        return True\n    except py_compile.PyCompileError:\n        return False\n    finally:\n        os.unlink(path)","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    load_workspace_module(name, source_path)\nexcept ImportError as e:\n    if \"Syntax error in workspace module\" in str(e):\n        surface_to_user(str(e))  # traceback is embedded, show it\n    raise","preventionTips":["Run python -m py_compile on .pa.py files before uploading.","Reject partial/empty uploads by checking the file parses."],"tags":["sandbox","syntax-error","workspace","pa-provider"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T23:45:32.408Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}