paperclipai/paperclip · error

${input.failureLabel ?? `git ${input.args.join(" ")}`} faile

Error message

${input.failureLabel ?? `git ${input.args.join(" ")}`} failed: ${details}

What it means

A workspace git operation wrapper recorded a failed git step: the subprocess exited non-zero and the error combines the failureLabel (or git command line) with trimmed stderr/stdout details. Generic failure signal for workspace git maintenance commands.

Source

Thrown at server/src/services/workspace-runtime.ts:2902

        stdout: result.stdout,
        stderr: result.stderr,
        system: result.code === 0 ? input.successMessage ?? null : null,
        metadata:
          result.stdoutTruncated || result.stderrTruncated
            ? {
                stdoutTruncated: result.stdoutTruncated,
                stderrTruncated: result.stderrTruncated,
                stdoutBytes: result.stdoutBytes,
                stderrBytes: result.stderrBytes,
              }
            : null,
      };
    },
  });

  if (code !== 0) {
    const details = [stderr.trim(), stdout.trim()].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
    throw new Error(
      details.length > 0
        ? `${input.failureLabel ?? `git ${input.args.join(" ")}`} failed: ${details}`
        : `${input.failureLabel ?? `git ${input.args.join(" ")}`} failed with exit code ${code ?? -1}`,
    );
  }
  return stdout.trim();
}

async function recordWorkspaceCommandOperation(
  recorder: WorkspaceOperationRecorder | null | undefined,
  input: {
    phase: "workspace_provision" | "workspace_seed" | "workspace_runtime_provision" | "workspace_teardown";
    command: string;
    resolvedCommand?: string;
    cwd: string;
    env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
    label: string;
    metadata?: Record<string, unknown> | null;

View on GitHub (pinned to a7e689b3c3)

Solutions

1. The git operation failed; inspect the included details output, run the command manually to reproduce, and fix the repository state.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/services/workspace-runtime.ts:2848 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@a7e689b3c3 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7e716cde05813c73. Report an issue: GitHub.