nikivdev/code · error

Commit queue is empty.

Error message

Commit queue is empty.

What it means

open_latest_queue_review() refreshes and loads the commit queue, and throws this error when there are zero queued entries — there is no latest queued commit to open a review for. It is an empty-state guard before popping the last entry.

Source

Thrown at src/commit.rs:7357

        .status();

    match status {
        Ok(status) => {
            if !status.success() {
                println!("⚠ Failed to open review (exit {}).", status);
            }
        }
        Err(err) => println!("⚠ Failed to run review opener: {}", err),
    }
}

pub fn open_latest_queue_review() -> Result<()> {
    ensure_git_repo()?;
    let repo_root = git_root_or_cwd();
    let _ = refresh_commit_queue(&repo_root);
    let mut entries = load_commit_queue_entries(&repo_root)?;
    if entries.is_empty() {
        bail!("Commit queue is empty.");
    }
    let entry = entries.pop().unwrap();
    println!(
        "Opening latest queued commit {} in Rise...",
        short_sha(&entry.commit_sha)
    );
    open_review_in_rise(&repo_root, &entry.commit_sha);
    Ok(())
}

fn latest_review_report_for_commit(repo_root: &Path, commit_sha: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
    let report_dir = flow_commit_reports_dir()?;
    let sha_short = short_sha(commit_sha);
    let project_slug = safe_label_value(&flow_project_name(repo_root));
    let branch = git_capture_in(repo_root, &["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"])
        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "unknown".to_string())
        .trim()
        .to_string();

View on GitHub (pinned to a747e741ae)

Solutions

1. Queue commits first (run the commit/queue flow so entries are recorded)
2. If the queue should not be empty, check the internal .ai queue state file still exists
3. Re-run the tool from the correct repository root where the queue lives

Example fix

// before (shell)
f commit open-review   # queue empty
// after (shell)
f commit            # creates queued entries
f commit open-review

let entries = load_commit_queue_entries(&repo_root)?;
if entries.is_empty() {
    eprintln!("queue empty: run the commit flow first");
} else {
    open_latest_queue_review()?;
}

if let Err(e) = tool.open_latest_queue_review() {
    if e.to_string().contains("Commit queue is empty") {
        eprintln!("nothing queued yet; create commits first");
    } else { return Err(e.into()); }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling open_latest_queue_review() (the 'open latest review in Rise' flow) when the commit queue file contains no entries — nothing was ever queued, or the queue was drained by approvals.

Common situations: Running the review-open command before creating any queued commits, after approving/clearing all entries, or after the internal queue state file was deleted or reset by policy fix.

Related errors

• No PR found for current branch and commit queue is empty.
• No branches available to search
• No branches available for AI matching
• No queued commit matches {}
• Multiple queued commits match {}. Use a longer hash.

AI-assisted analysis of nikivdev/code@a747e741ae (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/df0f71faf78ee1af. Report an issue: GitHub.