go-task/task · warning

prompt cancelled

Error message

prompt cancelled

What it means

internal/input returns the sentinel ErrCancelled when the user aborts a Bubble Tea prompt (Text or Select) by pressing ctrl+c/esc. It signals that prompt input did not complete, not an internal failure.

Source

Thrown at internal/input/input.go:15

package input

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"strings"

	"charm.land/bubbles/v2/textinput"
	tea "charm.land/bubbletea/v2"
	"charm.land/lipgloss/v2"

	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
)

var ErrCancelled = errors.New("prompt cancelled")

var (
	promptStyle   = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("6")).Bold(true) // cyan bold
	cursorStyle   = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("6")).Bold(true) // cyan bold
	selectedStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("2")).Bold(true) // green bold
	dimStyle      = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("8"))            // gray
)

// Prompter handles interactive variable prompting
type Prompter struct {
	Stdin  io.Reader
	Stdout io.Writer
	Stderr io.Writer
}

// Text prompts the user for a text value
func (p *Prompter) Text(varName string) (string, error) {
	m := newTextModel(varName)

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Solutions

1. Re-run the task and complete or answer the prompt
2. Use errors.Is(err, input.ErrCancelled) to detect cancellation and exit or substitute defaults
3. Run non-interactively (supply the variables up front) to avoid prompts entirely

Example fix

// before
v, _ := p.Text("name")
// after
v, err := p.Text("name")
if errors.Is(err, input.ErrCancelled) {
    return fmt.Errorf("prompt cancelled by user")
}

// Nothing to pre-validate: cancellation is a runtime user action.
if !isInteractive(os.Stdin) {
    // supply vars up front to avoid prompting
}

func isPromptCancelled(err error) bool {
    return errors.Is(err, input.ErrCancelled)
}

v, err := p.Text("name")
if errors.Is(err, input.ErrCancelled) {
    // user aborted: exit cleanly or use default
    v = defaultValue
} else if err != nil {
    return err
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling Prompter.Text or Prompter.Select and the user cancels; promptDepsVars or promptTaskVars propagate it when variable prompting is aborted.

Common situations: Users hit ctrl+c or esc at an interactive variable prompt during a `task --prompt` / vars-driven run; CI wrappers that expect a value get cancellation instead.

Related errors

• prompt cancelled
• no options provided
• no continue values provided
• enum reference %q must resolve to a list
• enum reference %q must contain only strings

AI-assisted analysis of go-task/task@385e5ad92a (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4f8d8d920282ded8. Report an issue: GitHub.