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Failed to extract ${assetName}: ${failure}

Error message

Failed to extract ${assetName}: ${failure}

What it means

Error "Failed to extract ${assetName}: ${failure}" thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/utils/tools-manager.ts:188

	const stdout = result.stdout?.toString().trim();
	if (stdout) {
		return stdout;
	}
	return `exit status ${result.status ?? "unknown"}`;
}

function runExtractionCommand(command: string, args: string[]): string | null {
	const result = spawnSync(command, args, { stdio: "pipe" });
	if (!result.error && result.status === 0) {
		return null;
	}
	return `${command}: ${formatSpawnFailure(result)}`;
}

function extractTarGzArchive(archivePath: string, extractDir: string, assetName: string): void {
	const failure = runExtractionCommand("tar", ["xzf", archivePath, "-C", extractDir]);
	if (failure) {
		throw new Error(`Failed to extract ${assetName}: ${failure}`);
	}
}

function getWindowsTarCommand(): string {
	const systemRoot = process.env.SystemRoot ?? process.env.WINDIR;
	if (systemRoot) {
		const systemTar = join(systemRoot, "System32", "tar.exe");
		if (existsSync(systemTar)) {
			return systemTar;
		}
	}
	return "tar.exe";
}

function extractZipArchive(archivePath: string, extractDir: string, assetName: string): void {
	const failures: string[] = [];

	if (platform() === "win32") {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/utils/tools-manager.ts:188 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/50d36cd88a47a537. Report an issue: GitHub.