{"record":{"id":"ba2c60babb365b3f","repo":"nikivdev/code","slug":"flox-search-failed","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"flox search failed: {}","messagePattern":"flox search failed: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/install.rs","lineNumber":893,"sourceCode":"        .map(|d| d.to_ascii_lowercase().contains(&query.to_ascii_lowercase()))\n        .unwrap_or(false)\n    {\n        return (2, entry.pkg_path.clone());\n    }\n    (3, entry.pkg_path.clone())\n}\n\nfn flox_search(flox_bin: &Path, query: &str) -> Result<Vec<FloxSearchEntry>> {\n    let output = std::process::Command::new(flox_bin)\n        .arg(\"search\")\n        .arg(\"--json\")\n        .arg(\"-a\")\n        .arg(query)\n        .output()\n        .with_context(|| format!(\"failed to run flox search {}\", query))?;\n    if !output.status.success() {\n        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);\n        bail!(\"flox search failed: {}\", stderr.trim());\n    }\n    let stdout =\n        String::from_utf8(output.stdout).context(\"flox search output was not valid UTF-8\")?;\n    let entries: Vec<FloxSearchEntry> = serde_json::from_str(&stdout)\n        .with_context(|| format!(\"failed to parse flox search output for {}\", query))?;\n    Ok(entries)\n}\n\nfn prompt_line(message: &str, default: Option<&str>) -> Result<String> {\n    if let Some(default) = default {\n        print!(\"{message} [{default}]: \");\n    } else {\n        print!(\"{message}: \");\n    }\n    io::stdout().flush()?;\n    let mut input = String::new();\n    io::stdin().read_line(&mut input)?;\n    let trimmed = input.trim();","sourceCodeStart":875,"sourceCodeEnd":911,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/nikivdev/code/blob/a747e741ae92c09071d0ae946ab48488adcff1ce/src/install.rs#L875-L911","documentation":"flox_search shells out to the flox binary (`flox search -a <query>`) expecting JSON on stdout. If the binary exits non-zero, its trimmed stderr is wrapped into 'flox search failed: <stderr>'. The underlying cause is whatever flox printed — auth issues, network failures, bad channel config, or unknown flags.","triggerScenarios":"`flox search -a <query>` returns non-zero: flox not authenticated/logged in, no network to the flox catalog, invalid flake/channel configuration, or a flox version whose CLI doesn't support the flags used.","commonSituations":"flox not installed or stale version with different CLI flags; corporate proxy blocking catalog access; corrupted flox environment; running in a directory where flox can't resolve configuration.","solutions":["Read the stderr in the message — it contains flox's own diagnostic","Run `flox search -a <query>` manually to reproduce and see the full error","Run `flox auth login` if the stderr indicates authentication issues","Update or reinstall flox if flags/JSON output format changed in your version; also verify resolve_flox_bin picks the intended binary"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"fallback","validationCode":"// preflight: flox binary present and supports the flags\nlet probe = std::process::Command::new(&flox_bin).arg(\"--version\").output()?;\nif !probe.status.success() {\n    bail!(\"flox binary at {} is not runnable\", flox_bin);\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match flox_search_with_aliases(&flox_bin, query) {\n    Err(e) if e.to_string().starts_with(\"flox search failed\") => {\n        eprintln!(\"flox CLI search failed: {} — check login/network/flox version\", e);\n    }\n    other => other?,\n}","preventionTips":["Keep flox installed, on PATH, and up to date","Run `flox auth login` when the stderr indicates auth problems","Pin a flox version compatible with the `search -a` JSON output format","Verify network/proxy access to the flox catalog"],"tags":["cli","flox","subprocess","stderr"],"backgroundTag":"subprocess-nonzero-exit","analyzedSha":"a747e741ae92c09071d0ae946ab48488adcff1ce","analyzedAt":"2026-09-01T22:43:55.719Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}