jdx/mise · error

invalid compose dependency '{value}': supported kinds are pa

Error message

invalid compose dependency '{value}': supported kinds are package, file, directory, service, user, and group

What it means

parse_dependency accepts only the kinds package, file, directory, service, user, and group after the colon. If the kind prefix is unrecognized, or the name after the colon is empty, this error is thrown.

Source

Thrown at src/system/compose.rs:1143

    {
        bail!(
            "invalid compose project_name '{name}': use lowercase letters, digits, dashes, and underscores"
        );
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn parse_dependency(value: &str) -> Result<ResourceId> {
    let Some((kind, name)) = value.split_once(':') else {
        bail!("invalid compose dependency '{value}': expected '<kind>:<name>'");
    };
    if name.is_empty()
        || !matches!(
            kind,
            "package" | "file" | "directory" | "service" | "user" | "group"
        )
    {
        bail!(
            "invalid compose dependency '{value}': supported kinds are package, file, directory, service, user, and group"
        );
    }
    Ok(ResourceId::new(kind, name))
}

fn validate_values(kind: &str, values: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
    if let Some(value) = values
        .iter()
        .find(|value| value.is_empty() || value.starts_with('-') || value.contains('\0'))
    {
        bail!("invalid compose {kind} value '{value}'");
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn validate_command(kind: &str, command: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
    if command

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Solutions

1. Replace the kind with one of: package, file, directory, service, user, group
2. Provide a non-empty name after the colon
3. Check mise docs for the supported compose dependency kinds

Example fix

// before
value = "container:api"
// after
value = "service:api"

const KINDS: [&str; 6] = ["package","file","directory","service","user","group"];
fn valid_dependency(v: &str) -> bool {
    match v.split_once(':') { Some((k, n)) => !n.is_empty() && KINDS.contains(&k), None => false }
}

When it happens

Trigger: A dependency like 'container:api', 'volume:data', 'service:', or any unsupported prefix is passed to compose dependency parsing; also a bare trailing colon with empty name.

Common situations: Users guess kind names from Docker Compose terms (container, volume, network) that mise does not support; truncation leaves a trailing colon.

Understand the failure class

Background: Invalid enum value errors: "Unknown type", "Invalid scope", "must be one of" — when a string is not on the library's allowed list — this error's family across 23 libraries.

Related errors

• invalid compose project_name '{name}': use lowercase letters
• invalid compose dependency '{value}': expected '<kind>:<name
• invalid compose {kind} value '{value}'
• compose {kind} cannot contain empty values or NUL bytes
• "{path_raw}".{id}: unknown line position '{other}' (expected

AI-assisted analysis of jdx/mise@afd2eddd3a (2026-09-09). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ed741844bd9d45e7. Report an issue: GitHub.