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exited with status

Error message

{app} exited with status {status}

What it means

open_in_zed tries to open a path with macOS `open -a Zed.app` (falling back to Zed Preview.app). If an `open` invocation succeeds in launching but the app exits non-zero, the tool bails with the app name and exit status. It indicates Zed launched but terminated abnormally.

Solutions

1. Launch Zed manually on the path to see the actual failure
2. Reinstall or update Zed (check /Applications/Zed.app integrity)
3. Open the path with an alternate editor if Zed keeps crashing
4. Retry with Zed Preview vs stable — one of the two fallbacks may work

const fs = require("fs");
const zedPaths = ["/Applications/Zed.app", "/Applications/Zed Preview.app"];
if (!zedPaths.some((p) => fs.existsSync(p))) console.warn("Zed not installed; pick another editor");

try {
  run(["f", "repo-open", path]);
} catch (e) {
  if (String(e).includes("exited with status")) {
    execSync(`code ${path}`); // fallback to another editor
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: `open -a /Applications/Zed.app <path>` returns a non-zero exit status during `f` repo-open operations (run / fuzzy_select_repo flows).

Common situations: Zed crashing on startup; corrupted Zed install or pending broken update; macOS `open` reporting failure for an unresponsive app; unsupported/binary file causing Zed to abort.

Related errors

• Editor exited with status
• failed to open
• pbcopy exited with status
• `security find-identity` failed
• AI task ' ' failed with status

AI-assisted analysis of nikivdev/code@a747e741ae (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/bbdf94d8885400f7. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/repos.rs:107

        .status()
        .context("failed to run git clone")?;

    if !status.success() {
        bail!("git clone failed");
    }

    Ok(())
}

fn open_in_zed(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<()> {
    let try_open = |app: &str| -> Result<()> {
        let status = std::process::Command::new("open")
            .args(["-a", app])
            .arg(path)
            .status()
            .with_context(|| format!("failed to open {app}"))?;
        if !status.success() {
            bail!("{app} exited with status {status}");
        }
        Ok(())
    };

    try_open("/Applications/Zed.app").or_else(|_| try_open("/Applications/Zed Preview.app"))
}

/// Fuzzy search through repos in ~/repos and print the selected path.
fn fuzzy_select_repo() -> Result<()> {
    let root = config::expand_path(DEFAULT_REPOS_ROOT);
    if !root.exists() {
        println!("No repos directory found at {}", root.display());
        println!("Clone a repo with: f repos clone <url>");
        return Ok(());
    }

    let repos = discover_repos(&root)?;
    if repos.is_empty() {

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