atuinsh/atuin · error

There was an error with the atuin sync service at {url}, ser

Error message

There was an error with the atuin sync service at {url}, server error {status}: {reason}.\nIf the problem persists, contact the host

What it means

Error "There was an error with the atuin sync service at {url}, server error {status}: {reason}.\nIf the problem persists, contact the host" thrown in atuinsh/atuin.

Source

Thrown at crates/atuin-client/src/api_client.rs:235

            "Service unavailable: check https://status.atuin.sh (or get in touch with your host)"
        );
    }

    if status == StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS {
        bail!("Rate limited; please wait before doing that again");
    }

    if !status.is_success() {
        let body = resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default();

        if let Ok(error) = serde_json::from_str::<ErrorResponse>(&body) {
            let reason = error.reason;

            if status.is_client_error() {
                bail!("Invalid request to the service at {url}, {status} - {reason}.");
            }

            bail!(
                "There was an error with the atuin sync service at {url}, server error {status}: \
                 {reason}.\nIf the problem persists, contact the host"
            );
        }

        bail!(
            "There was an error with the atuin sync service at {url}, Status \
             {status:?}.\nResponse body: {body}\nIf the problem persists, contact the host"
        );
    }

    Ok(resp)
}

/// Build the capability reader for a sync server.
pub fn caps_client(
    sync_addr: &Url,
    extra_headers: &HashMap<String, String>,

View on GitHub (pinned to 15fe1318f1)

Solutions

1. Retry later; if the problem persists, contact the host of the sync server.

When it happens

Trigger: Fires when the sync server returns a 5xx server error with a reason phrase.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of atuinsh/atuin@15fe1318f1 (2026-08-19). Data as JSON: /api/errors/71c5892d41a22a64. Report an issue: GitHub.