coleam00/Archon · error · Error

Cannot confirm the isolation container owned by run ${resolv

Error message

Cannot confirm the isolation container owned by run ${resolvedId}. The run was not changed; its container tracking ID is missing.

What it means

When actively cancelling a run isolated in a container, the CLI must know which managed container to confirm/stop. If the run's metadata says `isolation: 'container'` but `isolation_env_id` is missing or blank, the run is deliberately left unchanged because proceeding could orphan the container.

Source

Thrown at packages/cli/src/commands/workflow.ts:4404

    resolvedId: string;
    workflowName: string;
    cascadeFailures: number;
    blockedParentRunId: string | null;
  }> => {
    const resolvedId = await resolveRunIdArg(runId, cwd);
    const current = await workflowDb.getWorkflowRun(resolvedId);
    if (!current) throw new Error(`Workflow run not found: ${resolvedId}`);
    if (current.status !== 'running') {
      throw new Error(
        `Cannot actively cancel run with status '${current.status}'. Only a running detached CLI run has live work to stop.`
      );
    }

    let containerEnvId: string | undefined;
    if (current.metadata?.isolation === 'container') {
      const isolationEnvId = current.metadata.isolation_env_id;
      if (typeof isolationEnvId !== 'string' || isolationEnvId.trim().length === 0) {
        throw new Error(
          `Cannot confirm the isolation container owned by run ${resolvedId}. ` +
            'The run was not changed; its container tracking ID is missing.'
        );
      }
      containerEnvId = isolationEnvId;
      const containerEnv = await isolationDb.getById(containerEnvId);
      if (containerEnv?.provider !== 'container') {
        throw new Error(
          `Cannot confirm the isolation container owned by run ${resolvedId}. ` +
            'The run was not changed; inspect the managed containers before retrying or abandoning it.'
        );
      }
    }

    const target = await requestDetachedRunStop(resolvedId);
    await target.stop();

    if (containerEnvId) {

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Solutions

1. Inspect the run's metadata and the isolation DB to locate the container manually (`isolationDb.getById`)
2. Stop/reclaim the container through the isolation tooling, then cancel the run once its tracking is consistent
3. If the container is already gone, repair or clear the run's isolation metadata on a scratch DB before cancelling

Example fix

// before
await cancelWorkflow(runId); // throws: missing isolation_env_id
// after
const run = await getWorkflowRun(runId);
if (run.metadata?.isolation === 'container' && !run.metadata?.isolation_env_id) {
  console.error('run has container isolation but no tracking ID; inspect managed containers first');
} else { await cancelWorkflow(runId); }

const run = await workflowDb.getWorkflowRun(id);
if (run.metadata?.isolation === 'container' &&
    (typeof run.metadata?.isolation_env_id !== 'string' || !run.metadata.isolation_env_id.trim())) {
  throw new Error('container-isolated run is missing isolation_env_id; inspect managed containers first');
}

function hasContainerTracking(m: RunMetadata | undefined): m is RunMetadata & { isolation: 'container'; isolation_env_id: string } {
  return m?.isolation === 'container' && typeof m.isolation_env_id === 'string' && m.isolation_env_id.trim().length > 0;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Cancelling a container-isolated run whose row metadata lacks `isolation_env_id` (older run predating container tracking, or corrupted metadata).

Common situations: Runs created before isolation tracking shipped; metadata lost through manual DB edits or partial restores; container was provisioned outside Archon's tracking.

Related errors

• Cannot confirm the isolation container owned by run ${resolv
• Detached owner process stopped, but the isolation container
• Workflow run not found: ${resolvedId}
• Cannot actively cancel run with status '${current.status}'.
• Detached work stopped, but cancellation did not win the run

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