jackwener/OpenCLI · error · CommandExecutionError

${result.detail}

Error message

${result.detail}

What it means

Thrown by the reddit `reply` command for postcondition failures: the reply action reported an unexpected end state (result.kind === 'postcondition'), e.g. the comment was submitted but could not be verified to exist afterwards. The raw `result.detail` is used as the message because it already describes the failed postcondition. It signals a verification/integrity failure rather than an HTTP or auth problem.

Source

Thrown at clis/reddit/reply.js:172

          return { kind: 'postcondition', detail: 'Reddit comment response did not include a created reply id' };
        }
        return { kind: 'ok', detail: 'Reply posted on ' + fullname + ' as ' + createdName };
      } catch (e) {
        return { kind: 'exception', detail: String(e && e.message || e) };
      }
    })()`);

        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 === 'reddit-error') {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(`Reddit rejected reply: ${result.detail}`);
        }
        if (result?.kind === 'postcondition') {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(result.detail);
        }
        if (result?.kind === 'exception') {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(`Reply failed: ${result.detail}`);
        }
        if (result?.kind !== 'ok') {
            throw new CommandExecutionError(`Unexpected result from reddit reply: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
        }
        return [{ status: 'success', message: result.detail }];
    },
});

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Solutions

1. Inspect `result.detail` to see which postcondition check failed
2. Retry the reply after a short delay, then check your profile's comment list to see if it was actually created
3. Avoid immediately re-posting on failure — the comment may exist, causing duplicates
4. Wrap the call in a try/catch and log the detail for diagnosis

Example fix

// before
await cli.run('reddit reply', { 'post-id': id, text });
// after
try {
  await cli.run('reddit reply', { 'post-id': id, text });
} catch (e) {
  console.error('Postcondition failure:', e.message); // verify before retrying
}

// Nothing to validate pre-call; plan a verification step after:
const before = await getMyLatestCommentId();

function isPostconditionResult(r) {
  return r != null && typeof r === 'object' && r.kind === 'postcondition' && typeof r.detail === 'string';
}

try {
  await cli.run('reddit reply', { 'post-id': postId, text });
} catch (e) {
  if (/Reply failed|postcondition/i.test(e.message)) {
    await sleep(3000);
    if (!(await commentExists(postId, before))) await retryOnce(); // avoid duplicates
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling the reddit reply command when the page evaluate returns kind 'postcondition' — typically when the code checks that the new comment actually appears (e.g. fetching the comment permalink or the user's latest comment) and the verification fetch fails or returns nothing.

Common situations: Reddit accepting the POST but the verification GET being rate-limited or slow; new comments not immediately visible due to caching or spam filtering; race conditions in automated posting loops.

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