lfnovo/open-notebook · error · HTTPException

Error creating model: {str(e)}

Error message

Error creating model: {str(e)}

What it means

Generic 500 from POST /api/v1/models when model creation fails with an unexpected exception. InvalidInputError is mapped to 400 and OpenNotebookError is re-raised; anything else (DB failure, constructor error in Model) lands here.

Source

Thrown at api/routers/models.py:259

        return ModelResponse(
            id=new_model.id or "",
            name=new_model.name,
            provider=new_model.provider,
            type=new_model.type,
            credential=new_model.credential,
            created=str(new_model.created),
            updated=str(new_model.updated),
        )
    except HTTPException:
        raise
    except InvalidInputError as e:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
    except OpenNotebookError:
        raise
    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"Error creating model: {str(e)}")
        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=f"Error creating model: {str(e)}")


@router.delete("/models/{model_id}")
async def delete_model(model_id: str):
    """Delete a model configuration."""
    try:
        model = await Model.get(model_id)

        await model.delete()

        return {"message": "Model deleted successfully"}
    except HTTPException:
        raise
    except NotFoundError:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Model not found")
    except OpenNotebookError:
        raise
    except Exception as e:

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Solutions

1. Read the API log line 'Error creating model: ...' for the root cause
2. Verify DB connectivity and retry
3. Check that all ModelCreate fields match expected types/shapes
4. If caused by [82]'s race (duplicate created between check and insert), handle the unique-constraint error explicitly

await assertDbHealthy(); // GET /api/v1/health before create

try { await api.createModel(data); } catch (e) { if (e.status === 500) { log(e.detail); await retryOnce(); } else throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: POST /models with an otherwise-valid body while SurrealDB is down or the Model constructor throws (e.g. malformed provider config object).

Common situations: DB connection dropped mid-request, missing required fields that bypass Pydantic validation, or unexpected type in model_data.

Related errors

• Error fetching models: {str(e)}
• Failed to list credentials
• Failed to update credential
• Failed to fetch episode profiles
• Failed to fetch episode profile

AI-assisted analysis of lfnovo/open-notebook@a7de90d38a (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b1e5538289072e07. Report an issue: GitHub.