{"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":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/cli/src/update.rs","lineNumber":1485,"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":1467,"sourceCodeEnd":1503,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/73e0f67d83c59909b571efdfc88c4bc28c309cb1/crates/cli/src/update.rs#L1467-L1503","documentation":"fetch_latest_stable_tag_from_redirect_url follows the stable-release redirect to discover the latest tag. After exhausting UPDATE_HTTP_ATTEMPTS without a captured error, it throws this error naming the redirect URL. It means the latest stable release could not be resolved.","triggerScenarios":"All attempts to resolve the redirect (e.g. /releases/latest) failed with retryable statuses and no last_error was captured, or the loop exited without success.","commonSituations":"GitHub outage or rate limiting during `codewhale update`; a network path that never serves the redirect endpoint; DNS or captive portal returning retryable gateway errors.","solutions":["Retry after checking the release host's status (https://www.githubstatus.com).","Authenticate with a token to raise API rate limits if 403 rate-limit responses were seen.","Bypass a misbehaving proxy or configure HTTPS_PROXY correctly.","Pin/verify the version manually if automated resolution remains unavailable."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"// check the redirect resolves before parsing\nconst res = await fetch(latestUrl, { redirect: 'follow' });\nif (!res.ok) console.error('cannot resolve latest release:', res.status);","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match fetch_latest_stable_tag_from_redirect_url(client, url) {\n  Err(e) if e.to_string().contains(\"failed to resolve latest stable release\") => {\n    // fall back to a pinned known-good version\n  }\n  other => other,\n}","preventionTips":["Authenticate to raise API limits before resolving releases.","Pin a known-good version as a fallback in scripts.","Verify network/redirect handling (some proxies strip redirects).","Check provider status before automated updates."],"tags":["http","update","redirect","network"],"backgroundTag":"http-request-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"}