{"record":{"id":"6de7dd14a66402fb","repo":"can1357/oh-my-pi","slug":"openai-files-api-delete-request-failed","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"OpenAI Files API delete request failed","messagePattern":"OpenAI Files API delete request failed","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"packages/coding-agent/src/blob-broker/provider-files-openai.ts","lineNumber":138,"sourceCode":"\t\t\t\t\tmethod: \"DELETE\",\n\t\t\t\t\turl: deleteUrl,\n\t\t\t\t\theaders: { Authorization: authorization },\n\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t};\n\t\t},\n\t\tasync delete(handle: ProviderFileHandle): Promise<void> {\n\t\t\tif (handle.provider !== \"openai\" || typeof handle.id !== \"string\" || handle.id.trim().length === 0) {\n\t\t\t\tthrow new Error(\"Cannot delete an invalid OpenAI file handle\");\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tlet response: Response;\n\t\t\ttry {\n\t\t\t\tresponse = await request(`${OPENAI_FILES_URL}/${encodeURIComponent(handle.id)}`, {\n\t\t\t\t\tmethod: \"DELETE\",\n\t\t\t\t\theaders: { Authorization: authorization },\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t} catch {\n\t\t\t\tthrow new Error(\"OpenAI Files API delete request failed\");\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tif (!response.ok) {\n\t\t\t\tthrow new Error(`OpenAI Files API delete failed with HTTP ${response.status}`);\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t},\n\t};\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":120,"sourceCodeEnd":146,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi/blob/969062200754ea02cfac922e5ebb8c608c079e15/packages/coding-agent/src/blob-broker/provider-files-openai.ts#L120-L146","documentation":"Thrown when the DELETE https://api.openai.com/v1/files/{id} request fails at the network level — fetch itself rejected (DNS, TLS, connection reset, abort). Like error 750, the original error is swallowed and replaced by this generic message; the API was never successfully reached.","triggerScenarios":"client.delete() where fetch throws: offline machine, DNS failure, proxy refusal, TLS interception, or an AbortSignal (none is passed here, so mainly network faults) during the DELETE.","commonSituations":"Cleanup runs after the network dropped; background deletion job executing during a VPN outage; corporate proxy blocking DELETE to api.openai.com.","solutions":["Confirm connectivity to api.openai.com (curl -X DELETE on the file URL with the key)","Treat deletion as best-effort: catch, log, and retry later — leaked files can also be removed manually from the OpenAI dashboard","Check proxy/firewall rules allow DELETE requests to api.openai.com","Retry with backoff; deletions are idempotent (404 on retry is fine)"],"exampleFix":"// before: cleanup crashes on network blip\nawait client.delete(handle);\n// after: best-effort deletion with retry\nfor (let attempt = 0; attempt < 3; attempt++) {\n  try { await client.delete(handle); return; }\n  catch (err) {\n    if (!String(err.message).includes(\"delete request failed\")) throw err;\n    await Bun.sleep(2 ** attempt * 500);\n  }\n}\nlogger.warn(\"openai file delete deferred; will retry\", { id: handle.id });","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":"function isDeleteNetworkFailure(err: unknown): boolean {\n  return err instanceof Error && err.message === \"OpenAI Files API delete request failed\";\n}","tryCatchPattern":"try {\n  await client.delete(handle);\n} catch (err) {\n  if (isDeleteNetworkFailure(err)) {\n    logger.warn(\"delete deferred (network); will retry\", { id: handle.id });\n    queueRetry(() => client.delete(handle)); // deletions are safe to retry\n  } else throw err;\n}","preventionTips":["Treat cleanup deletion as best-effort and queue retries","Remember deletes are idempotent — a later 404 just means success","Run cleanup jobs with connectivity checks / backoff","Collect failed deletions for periodic reconciliation against the dashboard"],"tags":["network","fetch","openai","delete"],"backgroundTag":"network-request-failed","analyzedSha":"969062200754ea02cfac922e5ebb8c608c079e15","analyzedAt":"2026-08-31T10:29:35.737Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-31T14:17:45.589Z"}