What causes "%w: could not get PRs: %s" in glanceapp/glance?

Add a GitHub token — authenticated search quota is 30 req/min

glanceapp/glance · warning · errPartialContent

%w: could not get PRs: %s

Error message

%w: could not get PRs: %s

What it means

Returned by fetchRepositoryDetailsFromGithub (internal/glance/widget-repository.go:191) when the optional PR search (only requested when maxPRs > 0, prs-to-show) failed, while the core repository details succeeded. Wrapped in errPartialContent: the widget still renders stars/forks and whatever other sections loaded, omitting or zeroing the PR list. The PR data comes from GET /search/issues?q=is:pr+is:open+repo:{repo}, which is search-API rate-limited separately (10 req/min unauthenticated).

Source

Thrown at internal/glance/widget-repository.go:191

	if detailsErr != nil {
		return repository{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: could not get repository details: %s", errNoContent, detailsErr)
	}

	details := repository{
		Name:         repositoryResponse.Name,
		Stars:        repositoryResponse.Stars,
		Forks:        repositoryResponse.Forks,
		PullRequests: make([]githubTicket, 0, len(PRsResponse.Tickets)),
		Issues:       make([]githubTicket, 0, len(issuesResponse.Tickets)),
		Commits:      make([]githubCommitDetails, 0, len(commitsResponse)),
	}

	err = nil

	if maxPRs > 0 {
		if PRsErr != nil {
			err = fmt.Errorf("%w: could not get PRs: %s", errPartialContent, PRsErr)
		} else {
			details.OpenPullRequests = PRsResponse.Count

			for i := range PRsResponse.Tickets {
				details.PullRequests = append(details.PullRequests, githubTicket{
					Number:    PRsResponse.Tickets[i].Number,
					CreatedAt: parseRFC3339Time(PRsResponse.Tickets[i].CreatedAt),
					Title:     PRsResponse.Tickets[i].Title,
				})
			}
		}
	}

	if maxIssues > 0 {
		if issuesErr != nil {
			// TODO: fix, overwriting the previous error
			err = fmt.Errorf("%w: could not get issues: %s", errPartialContent, issuesErr)
		} else {

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Solutions

Add a GitHub token — authenticated search quota is 30 req/min
Increase the page cache/refresh interval so search calls are less frequent
If PRs are not needed, omit prs-to-show / set it to 0 so the search call is skipped entirely
Check the wrapped %s message — it distinguishes rate limit from other failures

Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

Try / catch

if err != nil && errors.Is(err, errPartialContent) && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "could not get PRs") {
    // core data rendered; retry search call next refresh or reduce prs-to-show
}

Prevention

Authenticated tokens raise search quota to 30/min
Set prs-to-show to 0 when PR data is unneeded
Watch for the search API's separate, lower rate limit

When it happens

Trigger: GitHub search API 403 rate limit (unauthenticated search allows only 10 requests/minute); 422 from a malformed query (repo name with special characters); transient network failure on this one goroutine request while the main details call succeeded.

Common situations: Frequent widget refreshes burning the 10/min search quota; multiple repository widgets each issuing prs+issues searches; short cache-time settings.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of glanceapp/glance@91324e8de7 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6f238d613e6edafe. Report an issue: GitHub.