{"record":{"id":"2b53e8f9c81972ee","repo":"plandex-ai/plandex","slug":"shared-nobuildserr","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"shared.NoBuildsErr","messagePattern":"shared\\.NoBuildsErr","errorType":"http","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":404,"severity":"info","filePath":"app/server/handlers/plans_exec.go","lineNumber":205,"sourceCode":"\t\tPlan:          plan,\n\t\tBranch:        branch,\n\t\tAuth:          auth,\n\t\tSessionId:     requestBody.SessionId,\n\t\tOrgUserConfig: orgUserConfig,\n\t\tSettings:      settings,\n\t})\n\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tlog.Printf(\"Error building plan: %v\\n\", err)\n\t\tgo notify.NotifyErr(notify.SeverityError, fmt.Errorf(\"error building plan: %v\", err))\n\t\thttp.Error(w, \"Error building plan\", http.StatusInternalServerError)\n\t\treturn\n\t}\n\n\tif numBuilds == 0 {\n\t\tlog.Println(\"No builds were executed\")\n\t\tgo notify.NotifyErr(notify.SeverityInfo, fmt.Errorf(\"no builds were executed\"))\n\t\thttp.Error(w, shared.NoBuildsErr, http.StatusNotFound)\n\t\treturn\n\t}\n\n\tif requestBody.ConnectStream {\n\t\tstartResponseStream(r.Context(), w, auth, planId, branch, false)\n\t}\n\n\tlog.Println(\"Successfully processed request for BuildPlanHandler\")\n}\n\nfunc ConnectPlanHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {\n\tlog.Println(\"Received request for ConnectPlanHandler\", \"ip:\", host.Ip)\n\n\tvars := mux.Vars(r)\n\tplanId := vars[\"planId\"]\n\tbranch := vars[\"branch\"]\n\tlog.Println(\"planId: \", planId)\n\tlog.Println(\"branch: \", branch)","sourceCodeStart":187,"sourceCodeEnd":223,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex/blob/e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5/app/server/handlers/plans_exec.go#L187-L223","documentation":"When modelPlan.Build succeeds but reports numBuilds == 0, there was nothing pending to build (no queued file changes from a prior tell). The handler responds 404 with shared.NoBuildsErr (the client SDK recognizes this sentinel string) and logs an info-level notification. It is an expected 'nothing to do' outcome, not a fault.","triggerScenarios":"Calling the build endpoint when no tell has queued any changes, after builds already ran to completion (double-build), or after the previous build consumed all pending updates.","commonSituations":"CI scripts invoking build twice; client retrying a build after a successful stream ended; automation assuming build is idempotent; race where another client built first.","solutions":["Treat the NoBuildsErr 404 as a benign no-op — check the response body for the sentinel string and continue.","Run `plandex tell` first if you expect changes; build only processes output from a tell.","De-duplicate automation so build is invoked once per tell, ideally driven by the stream completion event.","Poll build status (GetBuildStatus) instead of re-invoking build when unsure whether builds are pending."],"exampleFix":"// before: blindly retrying the 404\nif err != nil { return retry() }\n// after: recognize the no-builds sentinel\nif res.StatusCode == 404 && strings.Contains(res.Body, shared.NoBuildsErr) {\n    return nil // nothing pending; not an error\n}","handlingStrategy":"type-guard","validationCode":"// check for pending builds via status endpoint instead of invoking build blindly\nres, _ := http.Get(baseURL + \"/plans/\" + planId + \"/branch/\" + branch + \"/build_status\")","typeGuard":"func isNoBuildsErr(statusCode int, body string) bool {\n    return statusCode == http.StatusNotFound && strings.Contains(body, shared.NoBuildsErr)\n}","tryCatchPattern":"if res.StatusCode == 404 && isNoBuildsErr(res.StatusCode, res.Body) {\n    return nil // benign: nothing to build\n}\nif res.StatusCode != 200 { return fmt.Errorf(\"build failed: %s\", res.Body) }","preventionTips":["Always special-case the NoBuildsErr sentinel before generic error handling.","Trigger build only from a preceding tell or stream-completion event.","De-duplicate scheduled/CI build invocations.","Poll build status rather than re-issuing build calls to check progress."],"tags":["plan-execution","build","no-op","expected-condition"],"backgroundTag":"no-builds-pending","analyzedSha":"e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T00:17:10.932Z"}