coleam00/Archon · error

Refusing to delete every persisted session for workflow '${w

Error message

Refusing to delete every persisted session for workflow '${workflowName}' across all scopes without confirmation.
Pass --scope <key> to narrow, or --yes to confirm cross-scope reset.

What it means

Error "Refusing to delete every persisted session for workflow '${workflowName}' across all scopes without confirmation. Pass --scope <key> to narrow, or --yes to confirm cross-scope reset." thrown in coleam00/Archon.

Source

Thrown at packages/cli/src/commands/workflow.ts:4889

  }
}

/**
 * Reset persisted per-node provider sessions for a workflow.
 *
 * Filter rules:
 *   - workflow-name required (positional)
 *   - --scope <key>: restrict to one scope (e.g. a conversation UUID); when
 *     omitted, deletes across ALL scopes (use --yes to skip the confirmation)
 *   - --node <id>: restrict to one node within the scope
 *   - --json: machine-readable output
 */
export async function workflowResetSessionsCommand(
  workflowName: string,
  options: { scope?: string; node?: string; yes?: boolean; json?: boolean }
): Promise<void> {
  if (!options.scope && !options.yes) {
    throw new Error(
      `Refusing to delete every persisted session for workflow '${workflowName}' across all scopes without confirmation.\n` +
        'Pass --scope <key> to narrow, or --yes to confirm cross-scope reset.'
    );
  }
  try {
    const { deleted } = await resetWorkflowNodeSessions({
      workflow_name: workflowName,
      scope_key: options.scope,
      node_id: options.node,
    });
    if (options.json) {
      await writeStdout(
        `${JSON.stringify({
          workflow: workflowName,
          deleted,
          scope: options.scope ?? null,
          node: options.node ?? null,
        })}\n`

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/cli/src/commands/workflow.ts:4889 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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