lfnovo/open-notebook · error · HTTPException

Failed to duplicate episode profile

Error message

Failed to duplicate episode profile

What it means

Generic 500 raised when duplicating an episode profile fails unexpectedly — typically constructing or saving the copy (e.g., name collision on '<name> - Copy').

Source

Thrown at api/routers/episode_profiles.py:276

            transcript_llm=original.transcript_llm,
            language=original.language,
            default_briefing=original.default_briefing,
            num_segments=original.num_segments,
            max_tokens=original.max_tokens,
        )

        await duplicate.save()
        return _profile_to_response(
            duplicate, await _speaker_name_for(duplicate.speaker_config)
        )

    except HTTPException:
        raise
    except OpenNotebookError:
        raise
    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"Failed to duplicate episode profile: {e}")
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=500, detail="Failed to duplicate episode profile"
        )

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Solutions

1. Check logs for the exact cause on 'Failed to duplicate episode profile'
2. If a name collision, rename the existing copy first or edit after duplicating
3. Verify DB health and retry
4. Consider making duplicate names unique (append a counter) at the API level

Example fix

// before
duplicate = EpisodeProfile(name=f"{original.name} - Copy", ...)
// after (unique suffix)
import uuid
duplicate = EpisodeProfile(name=f"{original.name} - Copy {uuid.uuid4().hex[:4]}", ...)

copies = {p["name"] for p in (await client.get("/api/episode-profiles")).json()}
new_name = f"{source_name} - Copy"
n = 2
while new_name in copies:
    new_name = f"{source_name} - Copy ({n})"; n += 1

try:
    await client.post(f"/api/episode-profiles/{profile_id}/duplicate")
except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
    if e.response.status_code >= 500:
        # likely name collision on '<name> - Copy' — rename existing copy and retry
        await rename_existing_copy(source_name)
        await client.post(f"/api/episode-profiles/{profile_id}/duplicate")
    raise

When it happens

Trigger: POST duplicate where db.save() of the new record fails: unique-name conflict because '<name> - Copy' already exists, DB outage, or serialization of fields copied from the original.

Common situations: Duplicating the same profile twice (both copies get the identical ' - Copy' name); DB schema constraints; DB downtime.

Related errors

• Failed to create episode profile
• Failed to fetch episode profiles
• Failed to fetch episode profile
• Failed to update episode profile
• Failed to delete episode profile

AI-assisted analysis of lfnovo/open-notebook@a7de90d38a (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a087459a0b8e3697. Report an issue: GitHub.