odysseus-dev/odysseus · error · HTTPException

session_manager not configured

Error message

session_manager not configured

What it means

Error "session_manager not configured" thrown in odysseus-dev/odysseus.

Source

Thrown at routes/research/research_routes.py:653

    @router.post("/api/research/spinoff/{session_id}")
    async def research_spinoff(session_id: str, request: Request):
        """Create a new chat session pre-seeded with this research as context.

        Reads the persisted research result + sources for `session_id`, creates
        a fresh session (inheriting endpoint/model/headers from the source
        session if available, otherwise from the resolved chat endpoint), and
        injects a single system message containing the report and sources so
        the user can ask follow-up questions in a clean conversation.
        """
        user = _require_user(request)
        _validate_session_id(session_id)
        # SECURITY: gate on ownership before reading the persisted research —
        # otherwise any authenticated user could spin off (and thereby read)
        # another user's report by guessing its session ID. Mirrors every other
        # endpoint in this file (see result_peek above).
        owned_disk_path = _require_owned_or_active_research_path(session_id, user)
        if session_manager is None:
            raise HTTPException(500, "session_manager not configured")

        # Load research data — prefer in-memory result, fall back to disk
        result = research_handler.get_result(session_id)
        sources = research_handler.get_sources(session_id) or []
        query = ""

        path = owned_disk_path
        if path is not None:
            try:
                disk = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
                if not result:
                    result = disk.get("result")
                if not sources:
                    sources = disk.get("sources", []) or []
                query = disk.get("query", "") or ""
            except Exception as e:
                logger.warning(f"Could not read research JSON for spinoff: {e}")

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Solutions

1. Restart the server; the session manager failed to initialize.
2. Check server startup logs for session manager errors.

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/5d3b5dd56d60faa5. Report an issue: GitHub.