multica-ai/multica · error

%s must be an absolute path

Error message

%s must be an absolute path

What it means

Error "%s must be an absolute path" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/internal/cli/config.go:265

		}
	}
	if profile == "" {
		if taskLocal {
			return root, nil
		}
		return filepath.Join(root, ".multica"), nil
	}
	if taskLocal {
		return filepath.Join(root, "profiles", profile), nil
	}
	return filepath.Join(root, ".multica", "profiles", profile), nil
}

func multicaConfigRoot() (root string, taskLocal bool, err error) {
	if rawRoot := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(TaskConfigRootEnv)); rawRoot != "" {
		root := filepath.Clean(rawRoot)
		if !filepath.IsAbs(root) {
			return "", false, fmt.Errorf("%s must be an absolute path", TaskConfigRootEnv)
		}
		return root, true, nil
	}
	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
	if err != nil {
		return "", false, err
	}
	return home, false, nil
}

func validateTaskLocalProfile(profile string) error {
	if profile == "" {
		return nil
	}
	if profile == "." || profile == ".." || filepath.IsAbs(profile) || strings.ContainsAny(profile, `/\\`) || filepath.Clean(profile) != profile {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid task-local Multica profile name %q", profile)
	}
	return nil

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Solutions

1. Set the path to an absolute path.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/internal/cli/config.go:265 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/ba650b884c403703. Report an issue: GitHub.