earendil-works/pi · error

Could not edit file: ${path}. ${errorMessage}.

Error message

Could not edit file: ${path}. ${errorMessage}.

What it means

Error "Could not edit file: ${path}. ${errorMessage}." thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/edit.ts:354

			return withFileMutationQueue(absolutePath, async () => {
				// Do not reject from an abort event listener here: that would release the
				// mutation queue while an in-flight filesystem operation may still finish.
				// Checking signal.aborted after each await observes the same aborts while
				// keeping the queue locked until the current operation has settled.
				const throwIfAborted = (): void => {
					if (signal?.aborted) throw new Error("Operation aborted");
				};

				throwIfAborted();

				// Check if file exists.
				try {
					await ops.access(absolutePath);
				} catch (error: unknown) {
					throwIfAborted();
					const errorMessage =
						error instanceof Error && "code" in error ? `Error code: ${error.code}` : String(error);
					throw new Error(`Could not edit file: ${path}. ${errorMessage}.`);
				}
				throwIfAborted();

				// Read the file.
				const buffer = await ops.readFile(absolutePath);
				const rawContent = buffer.toString("utf-8");
				throwIfAborted();

				// Strip BOM before matching. The model will not include an invisible BOM in oldText.
				const { bom, text: content } = splitBom(rawContent);
				const originalEnding = detectLineEnding(content);
				const normalizedContent = normalizeToLF(content);
				const { baseContent, newContent } = applyEditsToNormalizedContent(normalizedContent, edits, path);
				throwIfAborted();

				const finalContent = bom + restoreLineEndings(newContent, originalEnding);
				await ops.writeFile(absolutePath, finalContent);
				throwIfAborted();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/edit.ts:354 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of earendil-works/pi@4af9d21d3b (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6ea74ea7fcc66cf4. Report an issue: GitHub.