nonempty list of shells must result in at least one conditio

Error message

nonempty list of shells must result in at least one condition

What it means

Error "nonempty list of shells must result in at least one condition" thrown in atuinsh/atuin.

Source

Thrown at crates/atuin-client/src/database.rs:158

    let nonempty_shells = shells.iter().filter(|s| {
        let is_empty = s.is_empty();
        if is_empty {
            include_null = true;
        }
        !is_empty
    });

    let shell_list = nonempty_shells.map(quote).join(", ");
    let mut cond = (!shell_list.is_empty()).then(|| format!("shell in ({shell_list})"));

    if include_null {
        // `SqlBuilder::and_where` wraps the whole expression in parentheses; we don't need to add
        // them here.
        cond = Some(cond.map_or_else(String::new, |s| s + " OR ") + "shell IS NULL");
    }

    // `OrFilter::items` is always non-empty.
    sql.and_where(cond.expect("nonempty list of shells must result in at least one condition"));
}

fn get_session_start_time(session_id: &str) -> Option<i64> {
    if let Ok(uuid) = Uuid::parse_str(session_id)
        && let Some(timestamp) = uuid.get_timestamp()
    {
        let (seconds, nanos) = timestamp.to_unix();
        return Some(seconds as i64 * 1_000_000_000 + nanos as i64);
    }
    None
}

/// Controls the type of search [`Sqlite::search`] performs.
///
/// This is a narrower set of modes than [`SearchMode`], which also contains modes that apply only
/// to interactive searches.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum DbSearchMode {

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Solutions

This is an internal invariant failure; report the bug with the command you ran.

When it happens

Trigger: Fires when a nonempty shell filter list produces no SQL conditions, indicating an internal query-building bug.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of atuinsh/atuin@15fe1318f1 (2026-08-19). Data as JSON: /api/errors/dd2bc764f9fb7fe5. Report an issue: GitHub.