{"record":{"id":"4c6eeb62c5b6e07c","repo":"windmill-labs/windmill","slug":"failed-to-generate-lockfile-message-4c6eeb","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to generate lockfile: ${message}","messagePattern":"Failed to generate lockfile: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"LockfileGenerationError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cli/src/commands/flow/flow_metadata.ts","lineNumber":510,"sourceCode":"  let completion;\n  try {\n    completion = await pollJobWithQueueLogging(\n      workspace.workspaceId,\n      jobId,\n      { label: `flow deps ${remotePath}` },\n    );\n  } catch (e: any) {\n    throw new LockfileGenerationError(\n      `Failed to poll flow dependencies job ${jobId}: ${e?.message ?? e}`\n    );\n  }\n\n  const result = completion.result as any;\n  if (!completion.success) {\n    const message =\n      result?.error?.message ??\n      (typeof result === \"string\" ? result : JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));\n    throw new LockfileGenerationError(`Failed to generate lockfile: ${message}`);\n  }\n\n  return result?.updated_flow_value;\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":492,"sourceCodeEnd":515,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/blob/e474e8803ce2ff5c2df09a58dab51d45f5c922ca/cli/src/commands/flow/flow_metadata.ts#L492-L515","documentation":"The queued flow dependencies job finished but reported failure (`completion.success` false); the CLI extracts the job result's error message (falling back to a JSON dump of the result) and throws it as a LockfileGenerationError. This is a server-side lockfile computation failure, not a client transport problem.","triggerScenarios":"The dependency-resolution job completed unsuccessfully: a dependency in the flow (script/npm requirement) cannot be resolved, an inline script has invalid code, or the worker running the job errored and stored an error result.","commonSituations":"A rawscript with a syntax error or unresolvable Python/pip dependency; Node module pinned to a nonexistent version; monorepo dependency files missing server-side.","solutions":["Fix the inner message shown after 'Failed to generate lockfile:' — usually a bad dependency or script error in one of the flow's modules","Test the failing script standalone (`wmill script` run / dev) to reproduce the dependency error","Check lockfile-related settings for the workspace (e.g. pinned Python/Node environments)","Upgrade CLI/server if the resolver rejects a format the other version accepts"],"exampleFix":"// before (flow module)\nrequirements: pandas==99.99\n// after\nrequirements: pandas>=2.0  # use a resolvable version","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"// Validate each module's dependencies offline before queueing\nfor (const req of module.requirements ?? []) assertResolvable(req);\nfor (const mod of modules) if (mod.content) assertParses(mod.language, mod.content);","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try {\n  await generateLocks();\n} catch (e) {\n  if (String(e).startsWith('Failed to generate lockfile:')) {\n    console.error('Server rejected dependency resolution:', e.message);\n    // fix the module named in the inner message, then retry\n  }\n}","preventionTips":["Test rawscripts standalone before embedding in flows","Pin dependency versions that actually exist in the registry","Keep workspace lockfile/dependency settings documented for the team","Match CLI/server versions so the resolver format is compatible"],"tags":["cli","lockfile","dependency-resolution"],"backgroundTag":"lockfile-generation-failed","analyzedSha":"e474e8803ce2ff5c2df09a58dab51d45f5c922ca","analyzedAt":"2026-09-03T12:38:19.024Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-03T12:38:19.024Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}