jackwener/OpenCLI · error · CommandExecutionError

HTTP ${result.httpStatus} from ${result.where}

Error message

HTTP ${result.httpStatus} from ${result.where}

What it means

When the browser-side probe reports {kind:'http', httpStatus, where}, subscribed.js throws CommandExecutionError with `HTTP ${result.httpStatus} from ${result.where}`. It means the Reddit API endpoint responded with a non-2xx HTTP status while fetching the subscribed list. The library converts raw HTTP failures into a uniform CLI error carrying the status and URL.

Source

Thrown at clis/reddit/subscribed.js:148

          after = next;
        }
        if (out.length < target && after) {
          return { kind: 'malformed', detail: 'Reddit subscriptions pagination exceeded the safety cap before satisfying the requested limit.' };
        }
        return { kind: 'ok', entries: out };
      } catch (e) {
        return { kind: 'exception', detail: String(e && e.message || e) };
      }
    })()`));
        if (result?.kind === 'login-wall') {
            // Convert the browser-side sentinel into a typed LoginWallError on the Node side.
            throwIfLoginWall(result.sentinel, { url: result.where });
        }
        if (result?.kind === 'auth') {
            throw new AuthRequiredError('reddit.com', result.detail);
        }
        if (result?.kind === 'http') {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(`HTTP ${result.httpStatus} from ${result.where}`);
        }
        if (result?.kind === 'malformed') {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(result.detail);
        }
        if (result?.kind === 'exception') {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(`subscribed failed: ${result.detail}`);
        }
        if (result?.kind !== 'ok' || !Array.isArray(result.entries)) {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(`Unexpected result from reddit subscribed: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
        }
        const rows = result.entries.slice(0, limit).map((entry, index) => mapSubredditRow(entry, index));
        if (rows.length === 0) {
            throw new EmptyResultError('Reddit returned no subscribed subreddits for the logged-in account.');
        }
        return rows;
    }
});

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Solutions

1. Read the status in the message: 403 -> open reddit.com in the attached browser and complete any challenge/verify login; 429 -> wait and back off; 404/5xx -> check whether the Reddit endpoint changed.
2. Reduce call frequency or add retry with exponential backoff around the command.
3. Ensure the attached browser profile has normal user-agent/cookies (avoid detection-triggering setups).
4. Catch CommandExecutionError and inspect the HTTP status before deciding to retry or abort.

Example fix

// before
await run(['reddit', 'subscribed']); // throws HTTP 429 from https://www.reddit.com/...
// after
for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 3; attempt++) {
  try { return await run(['reddit', 'subscribed']); }
  catch (e) {
    if (!/HTTP 429/.test(String(e.message))) throw e;
    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2 ** attempt * 5000));
  }
}

try {
  await run(['reddit', 'subscribed']);
} catch (e) {
  const m = /HTTP (\d{3}) from (.+)/.exec(e.message);
  if (m && (m[1] === '429' || m[1].startsWith('5'))) {
    await sleep(backoff(attempt)); // retry with exponential backoff
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: The in-page fetch to reddit.com subscribed endpoints returns 403/429/5xx; e.g. Reddit blocks the request, rate-limits the account, or the endpoint path changed and returns 404.

Common situations: Reddit rate limiting after rapid repeated CLI calls; 403 from Reddit's anti-bot/proxy detection; 404 after a Reddit API change; transient 5xx server errors.

Understand the failure class

Background: "API error: {status}" and "HTTP 401/403/404/429/5xx" errors: non-2xx HTTP responses explained — this error's family across 27 libraries.

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AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/553fafbaa5845517. Report an issue: GitHub.