github/spec-kit · error · BundlerError
Catalog '{source_id}' URL must be a valid URL with a host: {
Error message
Catalog '{source_id}' URL must be a valid URL with a host: {url} What it means
Error "Catalog '{source_id}' URL must be a valid URL with a host: {url}" thrown in github/spec-kit.
Source
Thrown at src/specify_cli/bundler/services/adapters.py:97
hostname = parsed.hostname
# Accessing ``port`` performs urllib's syntax/range validation.
_ = parsed.port
except ValueError:
raise BundlerError(
f"Catalog '{source_id}' URL is malformed: {url}"
) from None
is_localhost = hostname in ("localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1")
if parsed.scheme != "https" and not (parsed.scheme == "http" and is_localhost):
raise BundlerError(
f"Catalog '{source_id}' URL must use HTTPS (got {parsed.scheme}://). "
"HTTP is only allowed for localhost."
)
# Check hostname, not netloc: netloc is truthy for host-less URLs like
# "https://:8080" or "https://user@...", so requiring netloc would let
# those through even though they carry no host. hostname is None in those
# cases. Mirrors the fix in ``specify_cli.catalogs`` (#3210).
if not hostname:
raise BundlerError(
f"Catalog '{source_id}' URL must be a valid URL with a host: {url}"
)
def _load_packaged_community_catalog() -> dict:
core_pack = _locate_core_pack()
path = (
core_pack / "bundles" / "catalog.community.json"
if core_pack is not None
else _repo_root() / "bundles" / "catalog.community.json"
)
if not path.is_file():
raise BundlerError(f"Bundled community catalog not found: {path}")
return loads_json(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), origin=str(path))
def make_catalog_fetcher(*, allow_network: bool = True):
"""Return a fetcher callable suitable for :class:`CatalogStack`.View on GitHub (pinned to bf88c9f9a8)
Solutions
- Provide a catalog URL that includes a valid host, e.g. https://example.com/catalog.json.
When it happens
Trigger: Thrown at src/specify_cli/bundler/services/adapters.py:97 when the library encounters an invalid state.
Common situations: See trigger scenarios.
AI-assisted analysis of github/spec-kit@bf88c9f9a8 (2026-08-14).
Data as JSON: /api/errors/344d16ca695e2fc4.
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