{"record":{"id":"880d82391958be32","repo":"plandex-ai/plandex","slug":"error-confirming-update-and-rebuild-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error confirming update and rebuild: %v","messagePattern":"error confirming update and rebuild: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"app/cli/lib/context_conflict.go","lineNumber":38,"sourceCode":"\t}\n\n\tconflictedPaths := currentPlan.PlanResult.FileResultsByPath.ConflictedPaths(filesByPath)\n\n\t// log.Println(\"Conflicted paths:\", conflictedPaths)\n\n\tif len(conflictedPaths) > 0 {\n\t\tterm.StopSpinner()\n\t\tcolor.New(color.Bold, term.ColorHiYellow).Println(\"⚠️  Some updates conflict with pending changes:\")\n\t\tfor path := range conflictedPaths {\n\t\t\tfmt.Println(\"📄 \" + path)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tfmt.Println()\n\n\t\tres, err := term.ConfirmYesNo(\"Update context and rebuild changes?\")\n\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"error confirming update and rebuild: %v\", err)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif !res {\n\t\t\tfmt.Println(\"Context update canceled\")\n\t\t\tos.Exit(0)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\treturn len(conflictedPaths) > 0, nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":20,"sourceCodeEnd":49,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex/blob/e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5/app/cli/lib/context_conflict.go#L20-L49","documentation":"When context updates conflict with pending changes, the CLI asks the user 'Update context and rebuild changes?' via term.ConfirmYesNo; this error means that confirmation prompt itself failed (rather than the user answering no). A failed prompt is treated as a hard error and returned to MustLoadContext/UpdateContext.","triggerScenarios":"term.ConfirmYesNo returns an error, typically because stdin is not an interactive TTY (piped/closed stdin, CI environment, or EOF while reading the answer).","commonSituations":"Running the load/update command inside a CI job or script where stdin is closed or piped from a file; running with `plandex ... < /dev/null`; prompt library failing on a non-TTY terminal.","solutions":["Run the command in an interactive terminal so the confirmation prompt can be answered","Pipe 'yes'/'y' into stdin if scripting, e.g. `yes | plandex context update ...`","Use a non-interactive flag (-f/--yes if available) to auto-confirm or skip conflicts","Split the operation into steps that don't require the conflict prompt"],"exampleFix":"// before\nres, err := term.ConfirmYesNo(\"Update context and rebuild changes?\")\nif err != nil {\n\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"error confirming update and rebuild: %v\", err)\n}\n// after\nres, err := term.ConfirmYesNo(\"Update context and rebuild changes?\")\nif err != nil {\n\tif nonInteractive { // e.g. CI or --yes flag set\n\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"conflicting updates require confirmation; pass --yes or run interactively: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"error confirming update and rebuild: %w\", err)\n}","handlingStrategy":"fallback","validationCode":"// detect non-interactive stdin before prompting\nif fi, err := os.Stdin.Stat(); err != nil || (fi.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice) == 0 {\n\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"interactive confirmation unavailable — pass --yes or run in a TTY\")\n}","typeGuard":"// Go: check TTY-ness before prompting\nfunc isInteractive() bool {\n\tfi, err := os.Stdin.Stat()\n\treturn err == nil && (fi.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice) != 0\n}","tryCatchPattern":"// Go: handle prompt failure with a flag-driven fallback\nres, err := term.ConfirmYesNo(\"Update context and rebuild changes?\")\nif err != nil {\n\tif autoConfirm { res = true } else { return false, fmt.Errorf(\"error confirming update and rebuild: %w\", err) }\n}","preventionTips":["Run context updates in an interactive terminal","Provide a --yes/-f flag for scripted/CI usage","Don't pipe stdin to commands that may prompt for confirmation","Document CI behavior so jobs don't hang or fail on prompts"],"tags":["interactive-prompt","stdin","tty","cli"],"backgroundTag":"non-interactive-terminal-prompt-failed","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"}