micro/go-micro · error

video generation failed: %s

Error message

video generation failed: %s

What it means

The AtlasCloud video job reached terminal status 'failed' and the library surfaces the provider-supplied error text (pollResp.Data.Error) wrapped in this message. It means the generation itself failed upstream; the library is relaying the remote failure. The %s portion contains the provider's reason string.

Source

Thrown at ai/atlascloud/atlascloud.go:1172

	var pollResp struct {
		Data struct {
			Status  string   `json:"status"`
			Outputs []string `json:"outputs"`
			Error   string   `json:"error"`
		} `json:"data"`
	}
	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &pollResp); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse poll response: %w", err)
	}

	switch pollResp.Data.Status {
	case "completed", "succeeded":
		if len(pollResp.Data.Outputs) == 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("video completed but no outputs returned")
		}
		return &ai.VideoResponse{URL: pollResp.Data.Outputs[0]}, nil
	case "failed":
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("video generation failed: %s", pollResp.Data.Error)
	default:
		return nil, nil
	}
}

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Solutions

1. Read the %s suffix for the provider's failure reason and address it (rephrase prompt, adjust parameters).
2. Verify account quota/credits with AtlasCloud if the reason indicates limits or billing.
3. Retry with simplified or safer prompt content if the reason suggests policy rejection.
4. Check requested model/parameters against current API docs for validity.

Example fix

// before
resp, err := provider.GenerateVideo(ctx, req)
if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
// after
resp, err := provider.GenerateVideo(ctx, req)
if err != nil {
    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "video generation failed:") {
        reason := strings.TrimPrefix(err.Error(), "video generation failed: ")
        log.Printf("provider rejected job: %s", reason)
    }
    return err
}

if err := validatePromptForPolicy(req.Prompt); err != nil {
    return fmt.Errorf("prompt likely rejected: %w", err)
}

func isProviderJobFailure(err error) bool {
    return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "video generation failed:")
}

video, err := provider.GenerateVideo(ctx, req)
if err != nil {
    if isProviderJobFailure(err) {
        reason := strings.TrimPrefix(err.Error(), "video generation failed: ")
        log.Printf("job rejected by provider: %s", reason)
        return fmt.Errorf("video job failed upstream: %s", reason)
    }
    return err
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling video generation and polling a job whose poll response reported status == "failed"; the message includes pollResp.Data.Error verbatim.

Common situations: Content-policy rejections of the prompt; unsupported parameter combinations (resolution/duration); insufficient provider credits or quota; model-specific capacity issues.

Related errors

• video completed but no outputs returned
• API request failed: %w
• failed to parse response: %w
• no response from API
• API error (%s): %s

AI-assisted analysis of micro/go-micro@24529f1404 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/74381a14d969d40e. Report an issue: GitHub.