{"record":{"id":"df1db88f87f3a38d","repo":"block/buzz","slug":"setup-mode-relay-connect-error-e","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"setup-mode relay connect error: {e}","messagePattern":"setup-mode relay connect error: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/buzz-acp/src/setup_mode.rs","lineNumber":333,"sourceCode":"    );\n\n    let pubkey_hex = config.keys.public_key().to_hex();\n\n    // Parse BUZZ_AUTH_TAG for relay membership / NIP-OA.\n    let relay_auth_tag: Option<nostr::Tag> = std::env::var(\"BUZZ_AUTH_TAG\")\n        .ok()\n        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())\n        .and_then(|s| buzz_sdk::nip_oa::parse_auth_tag(&s).ok());\n\n    let startup_watermark: u64 = std::time::SystemTime::now()\n        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)\n        .unwrap_or_default()\n        .as_secs();\n\n    let mut relay =\n        HarnessRelay::connect(&config.relay_url, &config.keys, &pubkey_hex, relay_auth_tag)\n            .await\n            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(\"setup-mode relay connect error: {e}\"))?;\n\n    if let Err(e) = relay.set_startup_watermark(startup_watermark).await {\n        tracing::warn!(\"setup-mode: failed to set startup watermark: {e}\");\n    }\n\n    relay\n        .subscribe_membership_notifications()\n        .await\n        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(\"setup-mode membership subscribe error: {e}\"))?;\n\n    tracing::info!(\"setup-mode: connected and subscribed to membership notifications\");\n\n    let rest_client = relay.rest_client();\n    let mut author_gate_ctx =\n        crate::InboundAuthorGate::connect(&rest_client, &pubkey_hex, \"setup startup\").await;\n\n    // Resolve owner for author-gate (same priority as normal mode).\n    let startup_owner = crate::resolve_agent_owner(&config);","sourceCodeStart":315,"sourceCodeEnd":351,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/block/buzz/blob/dad5a33865fc81a2e55b3b60746632f615ec1e3a/crates/buzz-acp/src/setup_mode.rs#L315-L351","documentation":"Setup mode's first relay interaction is HarnessRelay::connect — establish the WebSocket to BUZZ_RELAY_URL and complete the NIP-42 auth handshake with the harness key. This wrapped error means that connect failed, so setup mode exits before any subscription or watermark is attempted.","triggerScenarios":"BUZZ_RELAY_URL wrong (typo, missing ws:// or wss:// scheme), relay not running or unreachable, TLS failure on wss://, or the auth handshake rejected due to an invalid/expired auth tag.","commonSituations":"Local relay not started (just relay missing from the workflow); staging URL changed; auth tag env rotated while the harness kept the old value; firewall/proxy blocking the WebSocket upgrade.","solutions":["Confirm the relay is running and the URL scheme is explicit: ws://localhost:3000 or wss://host","Check the harness env: BUZZ_RELAY_URL, BUZZ_PRIVATE_KEY, relay auth tag","Test reachability independently (curl the relay's HTTP NIP-11 endpoint on the same host)","Retry after the relay is healthy"],"exampleFix":"# before\nexport BUZZ_RELAY_URL=localhost:3000\n# after\nexport BUZZ_RELAY_URL=ws://localhost:3000","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"#!/usr/bin/env bash\n: \"${BUZZ_RELAY_URL:?BUZZ_RELAY_URL required for setup mode}\"\ncase \"$BUZZ_RELAY_URL\" in ws://*|wss://*) ;; *) echo \"BUZZ_RELAY_URL must start with ws:// or wss://\" >&2; exit 1;; esac\nnc -z \"$(echo \"$BUZZ_RELAY_URL\" | sed -E 's|^wss?://||; s|:[0-9]+$||')\" \"$(echo \"$BUZZ_RELAY_URL\" | sed -nE 's|.*:([0-9]+)$|\\1|p')\" \\\n  || { echo 'relay port not reachable' >&2; exit 1; }","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"// Retry transient connect failures; fail fast on auth-shaped ones\nloop {\n    match HarnessRelay::connect(&url, &keys, &pubkey, auth_tag).await {\n        Err(e) if is_auth_error(&e) => return Err(e),          // do not retry bad credentials\n        Err(_) if attempts < MAX => { backoff.wait().await; }\n        other => return other.map(|_| ()),\n    }\n}","preventionTips":["Start the relay (just relay) before any setup-mode onboarding run","Keep BUZZ_RELAY_URL schemed (ws:// or wss://) in all environments; rotate auth tags together with the harness deployment"],"tags":["buzz-acp","websocket","relay","setup-mode","connection","nip-42"],"backgroundTag":"websocket-connect-failed","analyzedSha":"dad5a33865fc81a2e55b3b60746632f615ec1e3a","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T04:38:24.874Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-20T04:38:24.874Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T20:17:18.057Z"}