{"record":{"id":"28e2646b38acf6ce","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"failed-to-resolve-latest-stable-release-from-url","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to resolve latest stable release from {url}","messagePattern":"failed to resolve latest stable release from (.+?)","errorType":"http","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/cli/src/update.rs","lineNumber":1041,"sourceCode":"        std::env::consts::OS,\n        std::env::consts::ARCH,\n    ))\n}\n\nfn fetch_latest_stable_tag_from_redirect_url(url: &str, proxy: Option<&Proxy>) -> Result<String> {\n    let client = update_http_client(proxy)?;\n    let mut last_error = None;\n    for attempt in 1..=UPDATE_HTTP_ATTEMPTS {\n        match fetch_latest_stable_tag_from_redirect_url_once(&client, url) {\n            Ok(tag_name) => return Ok(tag_name),\n            Err(error) if attempt < UPDATE_HTTP_ATTEMPTS => {\n                last_error = Some(error);\n                sleep_before_update_retry(attempt);\n            }\n            Err(error) => return Err(error),\n        }\n    }\n    Err(last_error.unwrap_or_else(|| anyhow!(\"failed to resolve latest stable release from {url}\")))\n}\n\nfn fetch_latest_stable_tag_from_redirect_url_once(\n    client: &reqwest::blocking::Client,\n    url: &str,\n) -> Result<String> {\n    let response = client\n        .get(url)\n        .send()\n        .with_context(|| format!(\"failed to fetch release redirect from {url}\"))?;\n    let status = response.status();\n    let final_url = response.url().clone();\n    if status.is_success() {\n        if let Some(tag_name) = release_tag_from_github_release_url(&final_url) {\n            return Ok(tag_name);\n        }\n        let body = response\n            .text()","sourceCodeStart":1023,"sourceCodeEnd":1059,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/8880682c63083a91624de936797efa3ce9e498fd/crates/cli/src/update.rs#L1023-L1059","documentation":"Fallback arm of the retry loop that resolves the latest stable tag by following the GitHub releases/latest redirect. Real per-attempt failures keep their specific contexts ('failed to fetch release redirect from ...', missing tag, etc.); this generic message only appears when the loop ends with no recorded error, which cannot happen while UPDATE_HTTP_ATTEMPTS >= 1.","triggerScenarios":"Same unreachable condition as the other retry loops: the for-range completes with last_error still None. Realistic failures on this path surface as wrapped network or redirect-parsing errors instead.","commonSituations":"Not expected in shipped builds. When debugging tag resolution, the actionable errors are the wrapped ones from fetch_latest_stable_tag_from_redirect_url_once.","solutions":["Treat as an internal invariant violation and report the build upstream","Reproduce the underlying behavior directly: curl -IL on the redirect URL to see the real per-attempt response","Keep UPDATE_HTTP_ATTEMPTS >= 1 if you maintain a fork"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"Retry the whole tag resolution with backoff on any error, but treat this exact message as internal (no cause attached); rely on the wrapped per-attempt errors for diagnosis.","preventionTips":["Pre-resolve the redirect once manually (curl -IL on the releases/latest URL) when integrating","Keep UPDATE_HTTP_ATTEMPTS >= 1 in forks"],"tags":["network","http","unreachable","defensive","redirect"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"8880682c63083a91624de936797efa3ce9e498fd","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T11:31:27.956Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T13:17:31.715Z"}