jdx/mise · error

flatpak list failed: {}

Error message

flatpak list failed: {}

What it means

Process failure in the flatpak package manager's installed(): `flatpak list --columns=application,version` exited non-zero and its stderr is surfaced in the error. Fires when flatpak is broken, the user lacks permission, or the flatpak installation is corrupted.

Source

Thrown at src/system/packages/flatpak.rs:138

        false
    }

    async fn installed(&self, pkgs: &[PackageRequest]) -> Result<Vec<PackageStatus>> {
        if pkgs.is_empty() {
            return Ok(vec![]);
        }
        let args = ["list", self.scope_arg(), "--columns=application,version"];
        debug!("$ flatpak {}", args.join(" "));
        let output = tokio::process::Command::new("flatpak")
            .args(args)
            .stdin(Stdio::null())
            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
            .output()
            .await?;
        if !output.status.success() {
            let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
            bail!("flatpak list failed: {}", stderr.trim());
        }
        Ok(parse_flatpak_list(
            &String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
            pkgs,
        ))
    }

    async fn install(&self, pkgs: &[PackageRequest], opts: &InstallOpts) -> Result<()> {
        if let Some(pkg) = pkgs.iter().find(|pkg| pkg.version.is_some()) {
            bail!("flatpak cannot install a pinned version ('{pkg}')");
        }
        let mut args = vec![
            "install".to_string(),
            self.scope_arg().to_string(),
            "--noninteractive".to_string(),
        ];
        args.extend(pkgs.iter().map(|pkg| pkg.name.clone()));
        if opts.dry_run {

View on GitHub (pinned to afd2eddd3a)

Solutions

1. Run `flatpak list --app` manually to see the underlying error
2. Verify flatpak is installed and the user has remote/permission access
3. Repair flatpak (e.g. `flatpak repair`) or fix the remote, then retry

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/system/packages/flatpak.rs:138 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of jdx/mise@afd2eddd3a (2026-09-09). Data as JSON: /api/errors/781c3a8a8a80ac83. Report an issue: GitHub.