paperclipai/paperclip · error

Job created without a UID

Error message

Job created without a UID

What it means

Error "Job created without a UID" thrown in paperclipai/paperclip.

Source

Thrown at packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/job-orchestrator.ts:18

import type { KubeClients } from "./kube-client.js";
import type { SandboxOrchestrator, SandboxStatus } from "./sandbox-orchestrator.js";

export class JobTimeoutError extends Error {
  constructor(namespace: string, name: string, timeoutMs: number) {
    super(`Job ${namespace}/${name} did not complete within ${timeoutMs}ms`);
    this.name = "JobTimeoutError";
  }
}

export async function createJob(
  clients: KubeClients,
  namespace: string,
  manifest: Record<string, unknown>,
): Promise<{ uid: string }> {
  const result = await clients.batch.createNamespacedJob({ namespace, body: manifest as never });
  const uid = (result as { metadata?: { uid?: string } }).metadata?.uid;
  if (!uid) throw new Error("Job created without a UID");
  return { uid };
}

export type JobStatus = SandboxStatus;

export async function getJobStatus(
  clients: KubeClients,
  namespace: string,
  name: string,
): Promise<JobStatus> {
  const result = await clients.batch.readNamespacedJobStatus({ namespace, name });
  const body = (result as Record<string, unknown>) ?? {};
  const status = (body.status as Record<string, unknown>) ?? {};
  const active = (status.active as number) ?? 0;
  const succeeded = (status.succeeded as number) ?? 0;
  const failed = (status.failed as number) ?? 0;
  const conditions = (status.conditions as { type: string; status: string; reason?: string; message?: string }[]) ?? [];
  const completed = conditions.find((c) => c.type === "Complete" && c.status === "True");

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Solutions

1. Retry job creation; if persistent, check the Kubernetes API server/admission webhooks.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/job-orchestrator.ts:18 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@120ae5428f (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e75dc6b59b2ba893. Report an issue: GitHub.