gastownhall/beads · error

delete: count wisp labels: %w

Error message

delete: count wisp labels: %w

What it means

deleteMany wraps errors from labelRepo.CountAllForIDs on the wisps table (UseWispsTable: true) while gathering pre-delete label stats. The 'delete: count wisp labels:' prefix identifies this specific counting step. Deletion has not begun.

Source

Thrown at internal/storage/domain/issue_delete.go:129

	wispIDs, regularIDs, err := u.issueRepo.PartitionWispIDs(ctx, allIDs)
	if err != nil {
		return DeleteIssuesResult{}, fmt.Errorf("delete: partition: %w", err)
	}

	depCount, err := u.countDeletedDependencies(ctx, allIDs)
	if err != nil {
		return DeleteIssuesResult{}, err
	}
	result.DependenciesCount = depCount

	labelIssue, err := u.labelRepo.CountAllForIDs(ctx, regularIDs, LabelOpts{})
	if err != nil {
		return DeleteIssuesResult{}, fmt.Errorf("delete: count labels: %w", err)
	}
	labelWisp, err := u.labelRepo.CountAllForIDs(ctx, wispIDs, LabelOpts{UseWispsTable: true})
	if err != nil {
		return DeleteIssuesResult{}, fmt.Errorf("delete: count wisp labels: %w", err)
	}
	result.LabelsCount = labelIssue + labelWisp

	evIssue, err := u.eventsRepo.CountAllForIDs(ctx, regularIDs, RecordEventOpts{})
	if err != nil {
		return DeleteIssuesResult{}, fmt.Errorf("delete: count events: %w", err)
	}
	evWisp, err := u.eventsRepo.CountAllForIDs(ctx, wispIDs, RecordEventOpts{UseWispsTable: true})
	if err != nil {
		return DeleteIssuesResult{}, fmt.Errorf("delete: count wisp events: %w", err)
	}
	result.EventsCount = evIssue + evWisp

	if params.DryRun {
		result.DeletedCount = len(regularIDs) + len(wispIDs)
		return result, nil
	}

View on GitHub (pinned to 71377f2769)

Solutions

1. Unwrap to find the wisp-table CountAllForIDs failure
2. Confirm the wisps table exists with the expected schema (run beads upgrade if versions drifted)
3. Retry the delete — safe, nothing deleted yet
4. Check Dolt connection health

Example fix

// before
res, err := uc.DeleteWisps(ctx, wispIDs, actor)
if err != nil { return err }
// after
if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "count wisp labels") {
	// wisps table read failed before any deletion — verify schema, then retry
	return err
}

if err := pingDolt(ctx); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("storage unavailable: %w", err)
}
// ensure wisps table present before wisp deletes

res, err := uc.DeleteWisps(ctx, ids, actor)
if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "count wisp labels") {
	// wisp-table read failed before any deletion — upgrade schema if drifted, then retry
	return err
}

When it happens

Trigger: Any deleteMany path where CountAllForIDs(ctx, wispIDs, LabelOpts{UseWispsTable: true}) fails — wisps table missing/inaccessible, SQL error, or DB connection failure.

Common situations: Deletes that include wisps in newer beads versions where the wisps table schema changed; Dolt migration mid-flight; wisp table permissions issues.

Related errors

• delete: count labels: %w
• delete: count wisp events: %w
• delete: partition: %w
• delete: count events: %w
• determining wisp status for %s: %w

AI-assisted analysis of gastownhall/beads@71377f2769 (2026-08-30). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f251305ac15f6c82. Report an issue: GitHub.