garrytan/gstack · error · BrowseClientError

browse-client: command "${cmd}" failed with status ${resp.st

Error message

browse-client: command "${cmd}" failed with status ${resp.status}

What it means

Error "browse-client: command "${cmd}" failed with status ${resp.status}" thrown in garrytan/gstack.

Source

Thrown at browser-skills/hackernews-frontpage/_lib/browse-client.ts:186

      if (err.name === 'TimeoutError' || err.name === 'AbortError') {
        throw new BrowseClientError(`browse-client: command "${cmd}" timed out after ${this.timeoutMs}ms`);
      }
      if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
        throw new BrowseClientError(`browse-client: daemon not running on port ${this.port}`);
      }
      throw new BrowseClientError(`browse-client: ${err.message ?? err}`);
    }

    const text = await resp.text();
    if (!resp.ok) {
      let message = `browse-client: command "${cmd}" failed with status ${resp.status}`;
      try {
        const parsed = JSON.parse(text);
        if (parsed.error) message += `: ${parsed.error}`;
      } catch {
        if (text) message += `: ${text.slice(0, 200)}`;
      }
      throw new BrowseClientError(message, resp.status, text);
    }
    return text;
  }

  // ─── Navigation ─────────────────────────────────────────────────

  async goto(url: string): Promise<string> { return this.command('goto', [url]); }
  async wait(arg: string): Promise<string> { return this.command('wait', [arg]); }

  // ─── Reading ────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  async text(selector?: string): Promise<string> {
    return this.command('text', selector ? [selector] : []);
  }
  async html(selector?: string): Promise<string> {
    return this.command('html', selector ? [selector] : []);
  }
  async links(): Promise<string> { return this.command('links'); }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at browser-skills/hackernews-frontpage/_lib/browse-client.ts:186 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of garrytan/gstack@94993f7401 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3f02ff565c654693. Report an issue: GitHub.