paperclipai/paperclip · error · WorkspaceValidationFailure

git_worktree_base_fallback_not_project_workspace

git_worktree_base_fallback_not_project_workspace

Error message

Issue ${issueLabel} requested ${input.requestedExecutionWorkspaceMode} with git_worktree, but the configured project workspace path is not available and the fallback cwd "${input.base.baseCwd}" is not the project workspace checkout. Make the configured project workspace path available on this host, or repair the project workspace configuration, then retry.

What it means

Error "Issue ${issueLabel} requested ${input.requestedExecutionWorkspaceMode} with git_worktree, but the configured project workspace path is not available and the fallback cwd "${input.base.baseCwd}" is not the project workspace checkout. Make the configured project workspace path available on this host, or repair the project workspace configuration, then retry." thrown in paperclipai/paperclip.

Source

Thrown at server/src/services/heartbeat.ts:2153

  effectiveExecutionWorkspaceMode: string | null | undefined;
  issue: {
    companyId: string;
    id?: string | null;
    projectId?: string | null;
  } | null;
  resolveSelectedEnvironmentDriver: () => Promise<string | null | undefined>;
  resolveWorkspace: () => Promise<TWorkspace>;
}): Promise<{
  selectedEnvironmentDriver: string | null;
  workspace: TWorkspace;
}> {
  const selectedEnvironmentDriver = await preflightLowTrustWorkspaceIsolation({
    db: input.db,
    trustPreset: input.trustPreset,
    isolatedWorkspacesEnabled: input.isolatedWorkspacesEnabled,
    effectiveExecutionWorkspaceMode: input.effectiveExecutionWorkspaceMode,
    issue: input.issue,
    resolveSelectedEnvironmentDriver: input.resolveSelectedEnvironmentDriver,
  });

  return {
    selectedEnvironmentDriver,
    workspace: await input.resolveWorkspace(),
  };
}

function deriveRepoNameFromRepoUrl(repoUrl: string | null): string | null {
  const trimmed = repoUrl?.trim() ?? "";
  if (!trimmed) return null;
  try {
    const parsed = new URL(trimmed);
    const cleanedPath = parsed.pathname.replace(/\/+$/, "");
    const repoName =
      cleanedPath
        .split("/")
        .filter(Boolean)

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Solutions

1. Make the configured project workspace path available on this host, or repair the project workspace configuration, then retry.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/services/heartbeat.ts:1985 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@01ad858492 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/445ee6049aee2583. Report an issue: GitHub.