different-ai/openwork · error · TypeError

invalid_workspace_root

invalid_workspace_root

Error message

Invalid Windows workspace root: ${value}

What it means

Error "Invalid Windows workspace root: ${value}" thrown in different-ai/openwork.

Source

Thrown at packages/paths/index.mjs:39

/**
 * Normalizes Windows verbatim drive and UNC paths without consulting the
 * filesystem. Missing drives and disconnected shares must remain unchanged so
 * callers can report their real accessibility error instead of resolving them
 * against another drive.
 */
export function normalizeWorkspaceRootPath(value, opts) {
  const trimmed = String(value ?? "").trim();
  if (!trimmed || optionPlatform(opts) !== "win32") return trimmed;

  const windowsPath = trimmed.replace(/\//g, "\\");
  let normalized = windowsPath;
  if (windowsPath.startsWith("\\\\?\\")) {
    const verbatimPath = windowsPath.slice(4);
    if (/^UNC(?:\\|$)/i.test(verbatimPath)) {
      const uncPath = verbatimPath.slice(3).replace(/^\\/, "");
      const [server, share] = uncPath.split("\\");
      if (!server || !share) throw invalidWindowsWorkspaceRoot(trimmed);
      normalized = `\\\\${uncPath}`;
    } else {
      if (!/^[A-Za-z]:\\/.test(verbatimPath)) throw invalidWindowsWorkspaceRoot(trimmed);
      normalized = verbatimPath;
    }
  }

  if (isWindowsDeviceNamespace(normalized)) {
    throw invalidWindowsWorkspaceRoot(trimmed);
  }

  if (/^[A-Za-z]:(?!\\)/.test(normalized)) {
    throw invalidWindowsWorkspaceRoot(trimmed);
  }
  if (normalized.startsWith("\\")) {
    if (!normalized.startsWith("\\\\")) throw invalidWindowsWorkspaceRoot(trimmed);
    const [server, share] = normalized.slice(2).split("\\");
    if (!server || !share) throw invalidWindowsWorkspaceRoot(trimmed);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/paths/index.mjs:39 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of different-ai/openwork@2b7df46e8a (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6612338da95fb5d0. Report an issue: GitHub.