linera-io/linera-protocol · error · anyhow::Error

Cannot specify both --owned and a chain ID

Error message

Cannot specify both --owned and a chain ID

What it means

`linera wallet show` selects chains either by an explicit chain ID argument or by the --owned flag (all chains owned by this wallet). Supplying both is contradictory, so the CLI rejects it right after loading the wallet, before printing anything.

Solutions

1. Use one or the other: `linera wallet show <CHAIN_ID>` or `linera wallet show --owned`
2. Fix the script or alias that concatenates both options

Example fix

# before
$ linera wallet show --owned e50c...
error: Cannot specify both --owned and a chain ID

# after
$ linera wallet show e50c...

if owned && chain_id.is_some() {
    eprintln!("use either --owned or a chain ID, not both");
    std::process::exit(2);
}

When it happens

Trigger: Running `linera wallet show --owned <CHAIN_ID>` — a chain ID argument together with the --owned flag.

Common situations: Copy-pasted command lines that accumulated flags; scripts or aliases that always pass --owned and then append a chain id argument.

Related errors

• cannot have both a json string and file
• Chain not found.
• No chain ID specified and no default chain in wallet
• No default chain found for client
• No wallet found at . Please initialize a wallet first, e.g…

AI-assisted analysis of linera-io/linera-protocol@6c226ddcb3 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/01f849542953d752. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at linera-service/src/cli/main.rs:2599

                Ok(0)
            }
        },

        ClientCommand::Storage(command) => {
            Ok(options.run_with_store(DatabaseToolJob(command)).await?)
        }

        ClientCommand::Wallet(wallet_command) => match wallet_command {
            WalletCommand::Show {
                chain_id,
                short,
                owned,
            } => {
                let wallet_path = options.wallet_path()?;
                tracing::info!("Reading wallet from file: {}", wallet_path.display());
                let wallet = options.wallet()?;
                let chain_ids = if let Some(chain_id) = chain_id {
                    ensure!(!owned, "Cannot specify both --owned and a chain ID");
                    vec![*chain_id]
                } else if *owned {
                    wallet.owned_chain_ids()
                } else {
                    wallet.chain_ids()
                };
                if *short {
                    for chain_id in chain_ids {
                        println!("{chain_id}");
                    }
                } else {
                    linera_wallet_json::display::pretty_print(&wallet, chain_ids);
                }
                Ok(0)
            }

            WalletCommand::SetDefault { chain_id } => {
                let start_time = Instant::now();

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