earendil-works/pi · error · Error

Read-only credential storage cannot modify auth.json

Error message

Read-only credential storage cannot modify auth.json

What it means

Error "Read-only credential storage cannot modify auth.json" thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/core/auth-storage.ts:284

		return { ...credential, key: resolveConfigValue(credential.key, credential.env) };
	}

	async list(options?: AuthOperationOptions): Promise<readonly CredentialInfo[]> {
		options?.signal?.throwIfAborted();
		const credentials = Object.entries(this.load()).map(([providerId, credential]) => ({
			providerId,
			type: credential.type,
		}));
		options?.signal?.throwIfAborted();
		return credentials;
	}

	async modify(
		_providerId: string,
		_fn: (current: Credential | undefined) => Promise<Credential | undefined>,
		_options?: AuthOperationOptions,
	): Promise<Credential | undefined> {
		throw new Error("Read-only credential storage cannot modify auth.json");
	}

	async delete(_providerId: string, _options?: AuthOperationOptions): Promise<void> {
		throw new Error("Read-only credential storage cannot modify auth.json");
	}
}

export class InMemoryAuthStorageBackend implements AuthStorageBackend {
	private value: string | undefined;
	private asyncChain: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve();

	withLock<T>(fn: (current: string | undefined) => LockResult<T>): T {
		const { result, next } = fn(this.value);
		if (next !== undefined) {
			this.value = next;
		}
		return result;
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/core/auth-storage.ts:284 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/eddb519a2c2dbec0. Report an issue: GitHub.