multica-ai/multica · error

refusing to restart: cannot reach the Multica server at %s (

Error message

refusing to restart: cannot reach the Multica server at %s (%w); the running daemon was left untouched.
Make sure the server is running and reachable, then rerun 'multica daemon restart'

What it means

Error "refusing to restart: cannot reach the Multica server at %s (%w); the running daemon was left untouched. Make sure the server is running and reachable, then rerun 'multica daemon restart'" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:1193

		return fmt.Errorf("refusing to restart: invalid server URL %q: %w", rawURL, err)
	}

	loginHint := "multica login"
	if profile != "" {
		loginHint += " --profile " + profile
	}

	ctx, cancel := cli.APIContext(context.Background())
	defer cancel()
	if err := cli.NewAPIClient(baseURL, "", cfg.Token).GetJSON(ctx, "/api/me", nil); err != nil {
		var httpErr *cli.HTTPError
		if errors.As(err, &httpErr) {
			if httpErr.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
				return fmt.Errorf("refusing to restart: the server rejected your login token (it may have expired or been revoked); the running daemon was left untouched.\nRun '%s' to sign in again, then rerun 'multica daemon restart'", loginHint)
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("refusing to restart: preflight check against %s failed (%w); the running daemon was left untouched", baseURL, err)
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("refusing to restart: cannot reach the Multica server at %s (%w); the running daemon was left untouched.\nMake sure the server is running and reachable, then rerun 'multica daemon restart'", baseURL, err)
	}
	return nil
}

func runDaemonRestart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
	if err := requireHumanLocalCommand("daemon restart"); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	profile := resolveProfile(cmd)
	if err := requireKnownProfile(profile); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	healthPort := healthPortForProfile(profile)

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
	defer cancel()
	health := checkDaemonHealthOnPort(ctx, healthPort)
	if daemonAlive(health) {

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Solutions

1. Make sure the server is running and reachable, then rerun 'multica daemon restart'.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:1193 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/6e4c6513d8b22c34. Report an issue: GitHub.