{"record":{"id":"eefef4e418423f53","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"another-codewhale-process-owns-delegated-coordin","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"another Codewhale process{} owns delegated coordination for {}: {error}","messagePattern":"another Codewhale process(.+?) owns delegated coordination for (.+?): (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/tui/src/tools/subagent/mod.rs","lineNumber":3179,"sourceCode":"            }\n        });\n        match ready_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5)) {\n            Ok(Ok(())) => Ok(Self {\n                release: Some(release_tx),\n                thread: Some(thread),\n            }),\n            Ok(Err(error)) => {\n                let _ = thread.join();\n                let holder_pid = std::fs::read_to_string(&lock_path)\n                    .ok()\n                    .and_then(|contents| contents.trim().parse::<u32>().ok());\n                if holder_pid == Some(std::process::id()) {\n                    Err(anyhow!(\n                        \"{COORDINATION_SAME_PROCESS_HANDOVER} for {}: {error}\",\n                        state_root.display()\n                    ))\n                } else {\n                    Err(anyhow!(\n                        \"another Codewhale process{} owns delegated coordination for {}: {error}\",\n                        holder_pid\n                            .map(|pid| format!(\" (pid {pid})\"))\n                            .unwrap_or_default(),\n                        state_root.display()\n                    ))\n                }\n            }\n            Err(error) => {\n                drop(release_tx);\n                let _ = thread.join();\n                Err(anyhow!(\n                    \"{COORDINATION_LOCK_TIMEOUT_MARKER} for {}: {error}\",\n                    state_root.display()\n                ))\n            }\n        }\n    }","sourceCodeStart":3161,"sourceCodeEnd":3197,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3/crates/tui/src/tools/subagent/mod.rs#L3161-L3197","documentation":"Cross-process contention branch of the delegated coordination lock: acquiring the coordination lock for state_root failed, and the lock file records a pid different from this process (or an unreadable pid, shown as empty). Another live Codewhale process owns delegated coordination, so this process refuses to steal it.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/tui/src/tools/subagent/mod.rs:3179 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Let the owning process (pid shown in the message) finish its coordinated work and retry afterwards","If that pid is dead but left a stale lock file, remove the coordination lock file under state_root","Avoid running two Codewhale instances against the same state root simultaneously"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T21:50:45.477Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}