can1357/oh-my-pi · error · AIError.DevinApiError
Devin API error ${response.status} ${response.statusText}: $
Error message
Devin API error ${response.status} ${response.statusText}: ${text} What it means
The Devin provider received a non-2xx HTTP response from the Devin API and wraps the full status line plus response body text in a DevinApiError. The body text usually contains Devin's JSON error detail explaining the actual failure (auth, quota, invalid payload, etc.).
Source
Thrown at packages/ai/src/providers/devin.ts:214
const response = await fetchImpl(chatBaseUrl + CHAT_MESSAGE_PATH, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"content-type": "application/connect+proto",
"connect-protocol-version": "1",
"connect-content-encoding": "gzip",
"accept-encoding": "identity",
"user-agent": "connect-go/1.18.1 (go1.26.3)",
"connect-accept-encoding": "gzip",
...(options?.headers ?? {}),
},
body: frame,
signal: options?.signal,
});
if (!response.ok) {
const text = await response.text();
throw new AIError.DevinApiError(
`Devin API error ${response.status} ${response.statusText}: ${text}`,
response.status,
);
}
if (!response.body) {
throw new AIError.ProviderResponseError("Devin API error: response body is empty", {
provider: model.provider,
kind: "empty-body",
});
}
const body = response.body;
stream.push({ type: "start", partial: output });
const reader = body.getReader();
let pending = Buffer.alloc(0);
for (;;) {View on GitHub (pinned to 9690622007)
Solutions
- Read the error message's embedded response text — it contains Devin's specific error code/reason.
- If 401/403, verify and rotate your Devin API key.
- If 429, back off and retry with exponential delay; respect rate-limit headers.
- If 400, validate the request frame against the current Devin API schema.
- If 5xx, retry later and check Devin's status page for incidents.
Example fix
// before
await streamDevin(model, ctx, { apiKey: staleKey });
// after
const key = await refreshDevinApiKey();
await streamDevin(model, ctx, { apiKey: key }); Defensive patterns
Strategy: try-catch
Validate before calling
if (!process.env.DEVIN_API_KEY) throw new Error("Devin API key must be configured before calling the API."); Type guard
null
Try / catch
try {
await streamDevin(model, ctx, options);
} catch (err) {
if (err instanceof AIError.DevinApiError) {
if (err.status === 429) await backoffAndRetry();
else if (err.status === 401 || err.status === 403) refreshCredentials();
else logDevinApiError(err.message); // includes response body detail
} else throw err;
} Prevention
- Validate the Devin API key before calls and rotate it before expiry.
- Implement rate-limit-aware backoff for 429 responses.
- Log the embedded response body for actionable diagnostics.
When it happens
Trigger: streamDevin sends a request frame and response.ok is false — e.g. 401 invalid API key, 403 forbidden, 429 rate limited, 400 malformed request body, or 5xx Devin server error.
Common situations: Expired or wrong Devin API credentials; exceeding session/rate quotas; sending a payload the API rejects after a schema change; Devin service outage returning 5xx.
Related errors
- Devin API error: response body is empty
- Failed to initiate device authorization: ${initiateResponse.
- HTTP request failed. status=${response.status}; url=${url};
- AI staging request failed: ${response.errorMessage ?? "unkno
- Failed to fetch GitHub release metadata: ${response.statusTe
AI-assisted analysis of can1357/oh-my-pi@9690622007 (2026-08-31).
Data as JSON: /api/errors/6da6a138e52c4128.
Report an issue: GitHub.