earendil-works/pi · error · Error

Could not verify managed Pi ${expectedVersion}: ${reason}

Error message

Could not verify managed Pi ${expectedVersion}: ${reason}

What it means

Error "Could not verify managed Pi ${expectedVersion}: ${reason}" thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/package-manager-cli.ts:118

	];
	const code = await waitForChildProcess(spawnProcess("npm", args, { cwd: stageDir, stdio: "inherit" }));
	if (code !== 0) throw new Error(`npm ${args.join(" ")} exited with code ${code ?? "unknown"}`);
}

function verifyManagedRelease(releaseDir: string, expectedVersion: string): void {
	const binPath = join(
		releaseDir,
		"node_modules",
		".bin",
		process.platform === "win32" ? `${APP_NAME}.cmd` : APP_NAME,
	);
	const result = spawnProcessSync(binPath, ["--version"], {
		encoding: "utf8",
		stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
	});
	if (result.error || result.status !== 0) {
		const reason = result.error?.message || result.stderr.trim() || `exit code ${result.status ?? "unknown"}`;
		throw new Error(`Could not verify managed Pi ${expectedVersion}: ${reason}`);
	}
	const installedVersion = result.stdout.trim();
	if (installedVersion !== expectedVersion) {
		throw new Error(`Managed Pi smoke test returned version ${installedVersion}; expected ${expectedVersion}.`);
	}
}

function activateManagedRelease(managedRoot: string, version: string): void {
	const currentPath = join(managedRoot, "current-version");
	const temporaryPath = join(managedRoot, `current-version.tmp.${process.pid}-${Date.now()}`);
	try {
		writeFileSync(temporaryPath, `${version}\n`);
		renameSync(temporaryPath, currentPath);
	} finally {
		rmSync(temporaryPath, { force: true });
	}
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/package-manager-cli.ts:118 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/a17c8cdff270619a. Report an issue: GitHub.