multica-ai/multica · error

daemon-managed task requires the daemon-injected workspaces

Error message

daemon-managed task requires the daemon-injected workspaces root in %s

What it means

Error "daemon-managed task requires the daemon-injected workspaces root in %s" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:1860

		return fmt.Errorf("daemon disk-usage --workspaces-root is not available inside a daemon-managed task")
	case profile != "":
		return fmt.Errorf("daemon disk-usage --profile is not available inside a daemon-managed task")
	}
	return nil
}

// resolveDiskUsageRoot picks the directory to scan. A managed task reads the
// daemon-injected root only: ResolveWorkspacesRoot falls back to a $HOME- and
// profile-derived default, which for a task hosted by a named-profile daemon
// resolves to the default root and reports a tree the task has nothing to do
// with. Failing closed on a missing value keeps that guess out of the output.
func resolveDiskUsageRoot(taskContext bool, profile, rootOverride string) (string, error) {
	if !taskContext {
		return resolveWorkspacesRootForProfile(profile, rootOverride)
	}
	root := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(daemon.TaskWorkspacesRootEnv))
	if root == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("daemon-managed task requires the daemon-injected workspaces root in %s", daemon.TaskWorkspacesRootEnv)
	}
	if !filepath.IsAbs(root) {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s must be an absolute path", daemon.TaskWorkspacesRootEnv)
	}
	return filepath.Clean(root), nil
}

// diskUsageNeedsParentStatus reports whether this invocation renders per-task
// rows at all. The --by-workspace table has no STATUS column, so resolving
// statuses for it would spend a network round trip — and, against an
// unreachable server, a full timeout — on data nothing displays, turning a
// local diagnostic into a command that hangs offline. JSON output always
// carries the task array, so it still needs them even with --by-workspace.
func diskUsageNeedsParentStatus(byWorkspace bool, output string) bool {
	return !byWorkspace || output == "json"
}

// fillDiskUsageParentStatuses populates the report's STATUS column in place.

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Solutions

1. The daemon-injected workspaces root is missing; run outside the task or fix the daemon environment.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:1860 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of multica-ai/multica@2c0912b6ec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/67a5daf2bb5452e9. Report an issue: GitHub.