earendil-works/pi · error · Error

Failed to parse theme ${label}: ${error}

Error message

Failed to parse theme ${label}: ${error}

What it means

Error "Failed to parse theme ${label}: ${error}" thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/theme/theme.ts:602

		}
		if (otherErrors.length > 0) {
			errorMessage += `\n\nOther errors:\n${otherErrors.join("\n")}`;
		}

		throw new Error(errorMessage);
	}

	const themeJson = json as ThemeJson;
	assertThemeNameIsValid(themeJson.name);
	return themeJson;
}

function parseThemeJsonContent(label: string, content: string): ThemeJson {
	let json: unknown;
	try {
		json = JSON.parse(stripBom(content));
	} catch (error) {
		throw new Error(`Failed to parse theme ${label}: ${error}`);
	}
	return parseThemeJson(label, json);
}

function loadThemeJson(name: string): ThemeJson {
	const builtinThemes = getBuiltinThemes();
	if (name in builtinThemes) {
		return builtinThemes[name];
	}
	const registeredTheme = registeredThemes.get(name);
	if (registeredTheme?.sourcePath) {
		const content = fs.readFileSync(registeredTheme.sourcePath, "utf-8");
		return parseThemeJsonContent(registeredTheme.sourcePath, content);
	}
	if (registeredTheme) {
		throw new Error(`Theme "${name}" does not have a source path for export`);
	}
	const customThemesDir = getCustomThemesDir();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/theme/theme.ts:602 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of earendil-works/pi@4af9d21d3b (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c6b9402c5116e923. Report an issue: GitHub.