{"record":{"id":"dc69c413e3870dc5","repo":"plandex-ai/plandex","slug":"failed-to-set-plan-status-to-describing-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to set plan status to describing: %v","messagePattern":"failed to set plan status to describing: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"app/server/model/plan/tell_stream_finish.go","lineNumber":64,"sourceCode":"\t\t\tshouldReturn:           false,\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tactive := state.activePlan\n\n\ttime.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)\n\tactive.FlushStreamBuffer()\n\ttime.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)\n\n\tactive.Stream(shared.StreamMessage{\n\t\tType: shared.StreamMessageDescribing,\n\t})\n\tactive.FlushStreamBuffer()\n\n\terr = db.SetPlanStatus(planId, branch, shared.PlanStatusDescribing, \"\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tres := state.onError(onErrorParams{\n\t\t\tstreamErr: fmt.Errorf(\"failed to set plan status to describing: %v\", err),\n\t\t\tstoreDesc: true,\n\t\t})\n\n\t\treturn handleStreamFinishedResult{\n\t\t\tshouldContinueMainLoop: res.shouldContinueMainLoop,\n\t\t\tshouldReturn:           res.shouldReturn,\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tautoLoadContextResult := state.checkAutoLoadContext()\n\tcheckNewSubtasksResult := state.checkNewSubtasks()\n\n\thasExplicitTasks := checkNewSubtasksResult.hasExplicitTasks\n\taddedSubtasks := checkNewSubtasksResult.newSubtasks\n\n\tcheckRemoveSubtasksResult := state.checkRemoveSubtasks()\n\n\tremovedSubtasks := checkRemoveSubtasksResult.removedSubtasks","sourceCodeStart":46,"sourceCodeEnd":82,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex/blob/e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5/app/server/model/plan/tell_stream_finish.go#L46-L82","documentation":"In handleStreamFinished (tell_stream_finish.go), after the model stream ends the code flushes the stream buffer and calls db.SetPlanStatus(planId, branch, PlanStatusDescribing, \"\"). If that status update fails, the error 'failed to set plan status to describing: %v' is passed to state.onError with storeDesc=true, aborting the finish sequence.","triggerScenarios":"SetPlanStatus returns an error: DB connection failure, plan row missing for (planId, branch), optimistic-concurrency/conflict on the status column, or schema mismatch.","commonSituations":"Postgres briefly unavailable right when the stream completes; plan deleted while the model was still streaming; branch mismatch causing zero rows updated and an error return.","solutions":["Check the wrapped DB error in the log to distinguish connectivity vs not-found","Verify the plan still exists for the given (planId, branch)","Confirm DB health and retry the status transition","Ensure earlier steps didn't already move the plan past the describing status"],"exampleFix":"// before\nerr = db.SetPlanStatus(planId, branch, shared.PlanStatusDescribing, \"\")\nif err != nil {\n    res := state.onError(onErrorParams{\n        streamErr: fmt.Errorf(\"failed to set plan status to describing: %v\", err),\n        storeDesc: true,\n    })\n// after\nerr = db.SetPlanStatus(planId, branch, shared.PlanStatusDescribing, \"\")\nif err != nil {\n    if backoffErr := retryWithBackoff(3, func() error {\n        return db.SetPlanStatus(planId, branch, shared.PlanStatusDescribing, \"\")\n    }); backoffErr != nil {\n        res := state.onError(onErrorParams{\n            streamErr: fmt.Errorf(\"failed to set plan status to describing: %w\", backoffErr),\n            storeDesc: true,\n        })\n    }\n}","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"if GetActivePlan(planId, branch) == nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"cannot set status: plan %s not active on branch %s\", planId, branch)\n}\nif err := db.Ping(); err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"database unreachable: %w\", err)\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"err = db.SetPlanStatus(planId, branch, shared.PlanStatusDescribing, \"\")\nif err != nil {\n    res := state.onError(onErrorParams{\n        streamErr: fmt.Errorf(\"failed to set plan status to describing: %w\", err),\n        storeDesc: true,\n    })\n}","preventionTips":["Retry transient DB failures with backoff on status transitions","Verify the plan row exists for (planId, branch) before finishing the stream","Monitor DB health at stream-finish time","Keep status transitions idempotent so retries are safe"],"tags":["database","plan-status","state-transition","stream"],"backgroundTag":"database-query-failed","analyzedSha":"e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T22:17:10.623Z"}