{"record":{"id":"088c95e63dfcea21","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"error-additionally-could-not-verify-secret-store-rollback","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"{error}; additionally could not verify secret-store rollback for {slot}: {rollback}","messagePattern":"(.+?); additionally could not verify secret-store rollback for (.+?): (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/config/src/credentials.rs","lineNumber":131,"sourceCode":"                    \"Secret storage write failed for {slot}: {err}. Refusing to write the API key in plaintext to {}. Fix the configured secret backend and retry; Codewhale did not change that file.\",\n                    crate::quote_os_path(store.path())\n                ));\n            }\n        },\n        Err(error) => {\n            store.config = original_config;\n            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(\n                \"Secret storage snapshot failed for {slot}: {error}. Refusing to write the API key in plaintext to {}. Fix the configured secret backend and retry; Codewhale did not change that file.\",\n                crate::quote_os_path(store.path())\n            ));\n        }\n    };\n    if let Err(error) = store.save() {\n        store.config = original_config;\n        if secret_store_saved {\n            let current = secrets\n                .get(slot)\n                .map_err(|rollback| anyhow::anyhow!(\n                    \"{error}; additionally could not verify secret-store rollback for {slot}: {rollback}\"\n                ))?;\n            if current.as_deref() == Some(api_key) {\n                match prior_secret.expect(\"snapshot succeeded before secret write\") {\n                    Some(previous) => secrets.set(slot, &previous),\n                    None => secrets.delete(slot),\n                }\n                .map_err(|rollback| anyhow::anyhow!(\n                    \"{error}; additionally failed to restore prior secret-store state for {slot}: {rollback}\"\n                ))?;\n            }\n        }\n        return Err(error);\n    }\n    crate::scrub_plaintext_api_keys_from_config_backup(store.path())\n        .context(\"failed to scrub plaintext API keys from config backup\")?;\n    Ok(secret_store_saved)\n}","sourceCodeStart":113,"sourceCodeEnd":149,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/73e0f67d83c59909b571efdfc88c4bc28c309cb1/crates/config/src/credentials.rs#L113-L149","documentation":"If the config save fails after the secret was written, the code verifies the secret store was rolled back to its prior value by re-reading the slot. When that verification read fails, this error layers the rollback-read failure onto the original save error so the caller knows the secret-store state is unverified.","triggerScenarios":"Calling `set_provider_api_key` where `store.save()` fails AND the subsequent `secrets.get(slot)` used to confirm rollback also errors.","commonSituations":"Config file became unwritable (permissions, disk full) at the same time the secret backend turned flaky — e.g. keychain session dropped mid-operation.","solutions":["Read both embedded errors: the first is the config-save failure, the second the rollback-verification failure.","Fix the config file write problem (permissions, disk space, read-only mount) first.","Manually inspect the secret slot in the backend and restore the prior value if it still holds the new key.","Retry the operation once both the filesystem and secret backend are healthy."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match set_provider_api_key(provider, key) {\n    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains(\"could not verify secret-store rollback\") => {\n        eprintln!(\"Config save failed AND rollback unverifiable. Inspect the keychain slot manually.\");\n    }\n    other => other?,\n}","preventionTips":["Ensure the config file location is writable (permissions, disk space) before auth operations","Avoid running auth operations while the secret backend is degraded","After such an error, manually audit the secret slot for a stale key"],"tags":["secret-storage","rollback","atomicity","api-key"],"backgroundTag":"secret-store-rollback-failed","analyzedSha":"73e0f67d83c59909b571efdfc88c4bc28c309cb1","analyzedAt":"2026-09-22T01:30:00.501Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-22T01:30:00.501Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}