multica-ai/multica · error

save config: %w

Error message

save config: %w

What it means

Returned by `multica setup` (cloud flow) when cli.SaveCLIConfigForProfile fails to persist the freshly confirmed cloud config (server_url/app_url pointing at Multica Cloud). It fires only after the user confirmed the overwrite prompt, and before login or daemon start, so no partial auth state is created.

Source

Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_setup.go:161

		return err
	}
	profile := resolveProfile(cmd)

	cfg := cli.CLIConfig{
		ServerURL: defaultCloudServerURL,
		AppURL:    defaultCloudAppURL,
	}

	ok, err := confirmOverwrite(profile, cfg.ServerURL, cfg.AppURL)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if !ok {
		return nil
	}

	if err := cli.SaveCLIConfigForProfile(cfg, profile); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("save config: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Configured for Multica Cloud (https://multica.ai).")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  server_url: %s\n", cfg.ServerURL)
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  app_url:    %s\n", cfg.AppURL)
	printConfigLocation(profile)

	// Authenticate.
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
	if err := runLogin(cmd, args); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if err := runDaemonAfterSetup(cmd, args); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("start or restart daemon: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "\n✓ Setup complete! Your machine is now connected to Multica.")

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Solutions

1. Read the wrapped error to distinguish permission vs disk-full vs path issues.
2. Ensure the profile config directory exists and is writable by the current user.
3. Free disk space or remount the config volume read-write.
4. Re-run `multica setup` and confirm the overwrite prompt again.

Wrap `multica setup` in the automation harness, on 'save config:' failure check the wrapped message for permission/disk causes, remediate, then re-run setup — it is idempotent (re-prompts overwrite).

When it happens

Trigger: Running `multica setup` and confirming, when the profile config file cannot be written: read-only home, permission mismatch, full disk, or an unwritable config directory.

Common situations: First-run on a machine with a locked-down home directory; config directory previously created by root or another user; running inside a container without a writable mount for ~/.config; CI contexts with HOME unset.

Related errors

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AI-assisted analysis of multica-ai/multica@2c0912b6ec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/feedf98eb6014e91. Report an issue: GitHub.