charmbracelet/crush · error

failed to cancel question batch: status code %d

Error message

failed to cancel question batch: status code %d

What it means

CancelQuestionBatch expects HTTP 200 from /workspaces/{id}/questions/cancel. Any other status code produces this error. The server rejected the cancel, so a pending batch (if any) was not cancelled by this request.

Source

Thrown at internal/client/proto.go:725

	}
	var resp proto.QuestionAnswerResponse
	if err := json.NewDecoder(rsp.Body).Decode(&resp); err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode answer question batch response: %w", err)
	}
	return resp.Resolved, nil
}

// CancelQuestionBatch cancels the pending question batch on a
// workspace. Returns true if a question was cancelled, false if
// none was pending.
func (c *Client) CancelQuestionBatch(ctx context.Context, id string) (bool, error) {
	rsp, err := c.post(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s/questions/cancel", id), nil, nil, http.Header{})
	if err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to cancel question batch: %w", err)
	}
	defer rsp.Body.Close()
	if rsp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to cancel question batch: status code %d", rsp.StatusCode)
	}
	var resp proto.QuestionAnswerResponse
	if err := json.NewDecoder(rsp.Body).Decode(&resp); err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode cancel question batch response: %w", err)
	}
	return resp.Resolved, nil
}

// SetPermissionsSkipRequests sets the skip-requests flag for a workspace.
func (c *Client) SetPermissionsSkipRequests(ctx context.Context, id string, skip bool) error {
	rsp, err := c.post(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s/permissions/skip", id), nil, jsonBody(proto.PermissionSkipRequest{Skip: skip}), http.Header{"Content-Type": []string{"application/json"}})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set permissions skip requests: %w", err)
	}
	defer rsp.Body.Close()
	if rsp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set permissions skip requests: status code %d", rsp.StatusCode)
	}

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Solutions

1. Identify the status code from the error message: re-authenticate for 401/403, re-resolve the workspace id for 404, check server logs for 5xx.
2. Confirm the workspace id is current.
3. Refresh credentials if expired.
4. Check client/server version compatibility and upgrade the mismatched side.

func isCancelStatusError(err error) bool {
	return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "failed to cancel question batch: status code")
}

ok, err := client.CancelQuestionBatch(ctx, wsID)
if isCancelStatusError(err) {
	switch {
	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "401"), strings.Contains(err.Error(), "403"):
		return reauthenticateAndRetryCancel(ctx, wsID)
	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404"):
		log.Warn("workspace gone; cancel moot", "ws", wsID)
		return nil
	default:
		return err
	}
}

When it happens

Trigger: POSTing a cancel with a nonexistent workspace id (404), missing/expired auth (401/403), or hitting a server error (5xx); also 4xx if the endpoint contract changed between versions.

Common situations: Stale workspace id after reconnect; token expiry; server upgrade moving the route; 500 during question-state cleanup.

Related errors

• failed to answer question batch: status code %d
• failed to grant permission: status code %d
• failed to refresh OAuth token: status code %d
• failed to check project init: status code %d
• failed to mark project initialized: status code %d

AI-assisted analysis of charmbracelet/crush@7944b8e522 (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1fb9a1abea88066e. Report an issue: GitHub.