odysseus-dev/odysseus · error · ValueError

invalid venv path

Error message

invalid venv path

What it means

Error "invalid venv path" thrown in odysseus-dev/odysseus.

Source

Thrown at routes/shell_routes.py:101

    """Build an ssh argv prefix for remote probes without local-shell parsing."""
    if not host or not str(host).strip() or str(host).lstrip().startswith("-"):
        raise ValueError("invalid ssh host")
    argv = ["ssh", "-o", "ConnectTimeout=6", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"]
    if ssh_port and str(ssh_port).strip() not in ("", "22"):
        port = str(ssh_port).strip()
        if not _SSH_PORT_RE.match(port) or not (1 <= int(port) <= 65535):
            raise ValueError("invalid ssh port")
        argv += ["-p", port]
    argv.append(str(host).strip())
    return argv


def _venv_activate_prefix(venv: str | None) -> str:
    """Return a remote activation prefix while preserving shell expansion of ~."""
    if not venv:
        return ""
    if not _SAFE_VENV_RE.match(venv):
        raise ValueError("invalid venv path")
    act = venv if venv.endswith("/bin/activate") else venv.rstrip("/") + "/bin/activate"
    return f". {act} && "


logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

PTY_SUPPORTED = pty is not None and fcntl is not None and hasattr(os, "setsid")


DOCKER_IN_CONTAINER_HINT = HOST_DOCKER_ACCESS_HINT


DockerRowStatus = namedtuple("DockerRowStatus", ["applicable", "install_hint"])
PackageUpdateStatus = namedtuple("PackageUpdateStatus", ["available", "note"])


def _docker_row_status(
    *, on_remote, in_container, installed, default_hint, host_docker_access=False

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Solutions

1. Use a valid absolute path to the virtualenv.
2. Remove shell metacharacters and traversal segments from the path.

When it happens

Trigger: Triggered when the corresponding server-side validation or runtime check at the recorded location rejects the request or operation and returns this error message to the caller.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of odysseus-dev/odysseus@f9235ebbf1 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/88377ee834271afb. Report an issue: GitHub.