multica-ai/multica · error

refusing to restart: invalid server URL %q: %w

Error message

refusing to restart: invalid server URL %q: %w

What it means

Error "refusing to restart: invalid server URL %q: %w" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:1175

// child's preflight, leaving no daemon at all (#5165). So probe the server
// the daemon will talk to with the stored token (same whoami call as
// `multica auth status`) and refuse to touch the running daemon on failure.
func requireDaemonRestartPreflight(cmd *cobra.Command, profile string) error {
	if err := requireDaemonAuth(profile); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	cfg, err := cli.LoadCLIConfigForProfile(profile)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("load CLI config: %w", err)
	}

	rawURL := resolveDaemonServerURL(cmd, profile)
	if rawURL == "" {
		rawURL = daemon.DefaultServerURL
	}
	baseURL, err := daemon.NormalizeServerBaseURL(rawURL)
	if err != nil {
		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				return fmt.Errorf("refusing to restart: the server rejected your login token (it may have expired or been revoked); the running daemon was left untouched.\nRun '%s' to sign in again, then rerun 'multica daemon restart'", loginHint)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)

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Solutions

1. Fix the configured server URL and retry the restart.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:1175 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/3c667916641f41e8. Report an issue: GitHub.