{"record":{"id":"60b166b2e9f8f1b7","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"secret-storage-snapshot-failed-for-slot-error","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"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.","messagePattern":"Secret storage snapshot failed for (.+?): (.+?)\\. Refusing to write the API key in plaintext to (.+?)\\. Fix the configured secret backend and retry; Codewhale did not change that file\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/cli/src/lib.rs","lineNumber":2365,"sourceCode":"    // cannot provide that snapshot, fail before changing the config file.\n    let prior_secret = secrets.get(slot);\n    let secret_store_saved = match prior_secret.as_ref().map_err(|error| error.to_string()) {\n        Ok(_) => match secrets.set(slot, api_key) {\n            Ok(()) => {\n                clear_provider_api_key_from_config(store, provider);\n                true\n            }\n            Err(err) => {\n                store.config = original_config;\n                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(\n                    \"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                    codewhale_config::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                codewhale_config::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                }","sourceCodeStart":2347,"sourceCodeEnd":2383,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/8880682c63083a91624de936797efa3ce9e498fd/crates/cli/src/lib.rs#L2347-L2383","documentation":"Same migration path failing one step earlier: the pre-write snapshot read secrets.get(slot) errored. Because a snapshot of prior state is required to roll back a later failure, codewhale aborts before touching either the secret store or the config file and reports the read error.","triggerScenarios":"secrets.get fails while setting a provider API key: backend read errors, permission changes on the slot, or a corrupted existing entry in the credential store.","commonSituations":"Same backend availability issues as the write failure, plus damaged slot entries from previous crashes or manual keyring edits.","solutions":["Fix/unlock the secret backend so reads succeed","Inspect and, if corrupted, delete the provider's slot via backend tooling, then retry","Check backend daemon logs (secret-service, keyring) for the underlying read error","Retry the key-set command; nothing was modified"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// Verify both read and write on the exact slot before starting migration:\nfn slot_accessible(secrets: &codewhale_secrets::Secrets, slot: &str) -> bool {\n    secrets.get(slot).is_ok() // snapshot read must succeed first\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Fix or delete corrupted slots via backend tooling before rerunning key setup","Keep the keyring daemon healthy; snapshot failures usually mean the backend became unreadable","Nothing is modified when this fires, so a clean retry after repair is always safe"],"tags":["cli","secrets","keyring","snapshot","api-key","rust"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"8880682c63083a91624de936797efa3ce9e498fd","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T11:31:27.956Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T13:17:31.715Z"}