{"record":{"id":"f1c0ea0efc991859","repo":"MemPalace/mempalace","slug":"could-not-read-filepath-e","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Could not read {filepath}: {e}","messagePattern":"Could not read (.+?): (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"IOError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"mempalace/normalize.py","lineNumber":151,"sourceCode":"        try:\n            fd = os.open(filepath, flags)\n        except OSError as exc:\n            if exc.errno != errno.EAGAIN or not stat.S_ISREG(os.lstat(filepath).st_mode):\n                raise\n            fd = os.open(filepath, flags & ~getattr(os, \"O_NONBLOCK\", 0))\n        file_stat = os.fstat(fd)\n        if not stat.S_ISREG(file_stat.st_mode):\n            # Text stays prefix-free: this raise is inside the ``try``, so the\n            # ``except OSError`` below composes \"Could not read <path>: ...\".\n            raise IOError(\"not a regular file\")\n        if file_stat.st_size > 500 * 1024 * 1024:  # 500 MB safety limit\n            # Prefix-free for the same reason as the branch above.\n            raise IOError(f\"file too large ({file_stat.st_size // (1024 * 1024)} MB)\")\n        with os.fdopen(fd, \"r\", encoding=\"utf-8-sig\", errors=\"replace\") as f:\n            fd = -1\n            return f.read()\n    except OSError as e:\n        raise IOError(f\"Could not read {filepath}: {e}\") from e\n    finally:\n        if fd != -1:\n            try:\n                os.close(fd)\n            except OSError:\n                pass\n\n\ndef normalize(filepath: str) -> str:\n    \"\"\"\n    Load a file and normalize to transcript format if it's a chat export.\n    Plain text files pass through unchanged.\n    \"\"\"\n    content = _read_transcript_file(filepath)\n\n    if not content.strip():\n        return content\n","sourceCodeStart":133,"sourceCodeEnd":169,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/MemPalace/mempalace/blob/06cb6987f02610784fefbad4b2bd5d026d164ba6/mempalace/normalize.py#L133-L169","documentation":"Error \"Could not read {filepath}: {e}\" thrown in MemPalace/mempalace.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at mempalace/normalize.py:151 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"OS-level read failure (permissions, I/O error) on the transcript file.","solutions":["Check file permissions and that the path is readable"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"06cb6987f02610784fefbad4b2bd5d026d164ba6","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T03:03:36.213Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T17:31:12.345Z"}