{"record":{"id":"c3e81aa213f1a42c","repo":"github/github-mcp-server","slug":"failed-to-generate-docs-for-s-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to generate docs for %s: %w","messagePattern":"failed to generate docs for (.+?): %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"cmd/github-mcp-server/generate_docs.go","lineNumber":51,"sourceCode":"// default user experience used by the generated documentation.\nfunc noFeatureFlagsChecker(_ context.Context, _ string) (bool, error) {\n\treturn false, nil\n}\n\nfunc generateAllDocs() error {\n\tfor _, doc := range []struct {\n\t\tpath string\n\t\tfn   func(string) error\n\t}{\n\t\t// File to edit, function to generate its docs\n\t\t{\"README.md\", generateReadmeDocs},\n\t\t{\"docs/remote-server.md\", generateRemoteServerDocs},\n\t\t{\"docs/insiders-features.md\", generateInsidersFeaturesDocs},\n\t\t{\"docs/feature-flags.md\", generateFeatureFlagsDocs},\n\t\t{\"docs/tool-renaming.md\", generateDeprecatedAliasesDocs},\n\t} {\n\t\tif err := doc.fn(doc.path); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to generate docs for %s: %w\", doc.path, err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tfmt.Printf(\"Successfully updated %s with automated documentation\\n\", doc.path)\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc generateReadmeDocs(readmePath string) error {\n\t// Create translation helper\n\tt, _ := translations.TranslationHelper()\n\n\t// The README documents the default user experience: tools that are\n\t// enabled with no special flags set. Installing a checker that reports\n\t// every flag as disabled excludes tools gated by FeatureFlagEnable and\n\t// keeps the legacy variants of tools gated by FeatureFlagDisable, so\n\t// flag-gated duplicates don't appear twice.\n\t// Build() can only fail if WithTools specifies invalid tools - not used here\n\tr, _ := github.NewInventory(t).\n\t\tWithToolsets([]string{\"all\"}).","sourceCodeStart":33,"sourceCodeEnd":69,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/0ea1f775a7c73eff1bd2e25904d01136756bbfe2/cmd/github-mcp-server/generate_docs.go#L33-L69","documentation":"Umbrella error from the generate-docs command: each documentation generator (README.md, docs/remote-server.md, docs/insiders-features.md, docs/feature-flags.md, docs/tool-renaming.md) is run in sequence, and the first one that fails is wrapped with its target path. The message itself is generic — the actionable cause is always in the wrapped error (file read/write failure or missing markers).","triggerScenarios":"Any of the five generators fails: the target file is missing/unreadable (read errors), unwritable (write errors), or no longer contains the expected START/END AUTOMATED markers (replaceSection 'markers not found'). Running the command outside the repo root triggers the read failures immediately.","commonSituations":"Docs regeneration in CI after someone edited the markdown and deleted/renamed marker comments; partial repo checkouts; file permission issues on checked-out docs; stale forks missing newer docs files.","solutions":["Read the wrapped error text — it names the real failure (read/write/markers) for the listed file","Run `go run ./cmd/github-mcp-server generate-docs` (or equivalent) from the repo root","If markers are missing, restore them from git history: git show HEAD~N:<file> and copy the <!-- START AUTOMATED … --> blocks","Ensure all five doc files exist and are writable"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"// Pre-flight: ensure every target file exists before generating\nfor _, p := range []string{\"README.md\", \"docs/remote-server.md\", \"docs/insiders-features.md\", \"docs/feature-flags.md\", \"docs/tool-renaming.md\"} {\n    if _, err := os.Stat(p); err != nil {\n        log.Fatalf(\"missing docs target: %s (run from repo root)\", p)\n    }\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"if err := runGenerateDocs(); err != nil {\n    // unwrap to the concrete cause: read/write failure or missing markers\n    log.Fatalf(\"generate-docs failed: %v\", err)\n    // the message names the file; fix that file then re-run\n}","preventionTips":["Run the generator from the repo root in CI","Unwrap and read the nested error — it identifies the failing file and cause","Protect AUTOMATED marker comments from markdown formatters/linters"],"tags":["codegen","docs","ci","automation"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0ea1f775a7c73eff1bd2e25904d01136756bbfe2","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T18:10:19.804Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}