charmbracelet/crush · error

failed to import copilot: %w

Error message

failed to import copilot: %w

What it means

ImportCopilot asks the server to import a GitHub Copilot token via POST /workspaces/{id}/config/import-copilot. If the HTTP request fails at the transport level, the error is wrapped with this message.

Source

Thrown at internal/client/config.go:132

		Kind:       kind,
		APIKey:     raw,
	}), http.Header{"Content-Type": []string{"application/json"}})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set provider API key: %w", err)
	}
	defer rsp.Body.Close()
	if rsp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set provider API key: status code %d", rsp.StatusCode)
	}
	return nil
}

// ImportCopilot attempts to import a GitHub Copilot token on the
// server.
func (c *Client) ImportCopilot(ctx context.Context, id string) (*oauth.Token, bool, error) {
	rsp, err := c.post(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s/config/import-copilot", id), nil, nil, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to import copilot: %w", err)
	}
	defer rsp.Body.Close()
	if rsp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to import copilot: status code %d", rsp.StatusCode)
	}
	var result struct {
		Token   *oauth.Token `json:"token"`
		Success bool         `json:"success"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(rsp.Body).Decode(&result); err != nil {
		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode import copilot response: %w", err)
	}
	return result.Token, result.Success, nil
}

// RefreshOAuthToken refreshes an OAuth token for a provider on the
// server.
func (c *Client) RefreshOAuthToken(ctx context.Context, id string, scope config.Scope, providerID string) error {

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Solutions

1. Confirm the server is running and reachable
2. Check the client base URL/port configuration
3. Inspect the wrapped %w error for the transport-level cause
4. Retry with network access restored or a longer timeout

conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", serverHost, 2*time.Second)
if err != nil {
    return fmt.Errorf("server not reachable: %w", err)
}
conn.Close()

tok, ok, err := c.ImportCopilot(ctx, wsID)
for attempt := 0; attempt < 3 && isTransient(err); attempt++ {
    time.Sleep(backoff(attempt))
    tok, ok, err = c.ImportCopilot(ctx, wsID)
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling ImportCopilot when the server is unreachable: connection refused, TLS/DNS failure, or context cancellation/deadline exceeded.

Common situations: Server not started, misconfigured base URL, machine has no network access, or user cancels the context during import.

Understand the failure class

Background: 'Something went wrong' / 'Request failed (500)' / 'HTTP error! status: 404' — what failed HTTP requests actually mean and how to find the real cause — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

• failed to download from URL: %w
• failed to create request: %w
• failed to fetch URL: %w
• failed to fetch URL: %w
• failed to create request: %w

AI-assisted analysis of charmbracelet/crush@7944b8e522 (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2e01d8439e2f23f9. Report an issue: GitHub.