paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

is still loaded after uninstall.

Error message

${manager.serviceName} is still loaded after uninstall.

What it means

After service uninstall the manager still reports the service as loaded, meaning the service-manager unload failed to take effect; a post-condition guard on uninstall.

Solutions

1. Uninstall the service again after the manager fully reloads, or remove it via the service manager directly.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/service.ts:191 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/83c25ffcda82c3b0. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/service.ts:191

    .action(async (opts) => {
      const manager = await resolveManager(opts); if (!manager) return;
      const result = await manager.install({ startNow: opts.startNow, startOnLogin: opts.startOnLogin });
      let lingerEnabled = false;
      if (manager.enableLinger) {
        let consent = opts.enableLinger === true;
        if (!consent && process.stdin.isTTY && process.stdout.isTTY) {
          consent = await p.confirm({ message: "Allow Paperclip to run without an active login session? This runs 'loginctl enable-linger' for your user and may request system authorization.", initialValue: false }) === true;
        }
        if (consent) { await manager.enableLinger(); lingerEnabled = true; }
      }
      output({ installed: true, changed: result.changed, platform: manager.platform, serviceName: manager.serviceName, definitionPath: manager.definitionPath, lingerEnabled }, opts.json);
    });

  common(service.command("uninstall").description("Stop, disable, and remove the background service")).action(async (opts) => {
    const manager = await resolveManager(opts); if (!manager) return;
    await manager.uninstall();
    const status = await manager.status();
    if (status.installed || status.active) throw new Error(`${manager.serviceName} is still loaded after uninstall.`);
    output({ uninstalled: true, serviceName: manager.serviceName }, opts.json);
  });

  for (const verb of ["start", "stop"] as const) {
    common(service.command(verb).description(`${verb === "start" ? "Start" : "Stop"} the background service`)).action(async (opts) => {
      const manager = await resolveManager(opts); if (!manager) return;
      await manager[verb]();
      output(await manager.status(), opts.json);
    });
  }

  common(service.command("restart").description("Hot-restart the service while preserving active agent runs"))
    .option("--wait", "Wait for active runs to drain instead of adopting them", false)
    .option("--expected-version <version>", "Require the restarted server to report this version")
    .action(async (opts) => output(await restartManagedService({ instanceId: opts.instance, expectedVersion: opts.expectedVersion, waitForDrain: opts.wait }), opts.json));

  common(service.command("status").description("Show supervisor and health status")).action(async (opts) => {
    const manager = await resolveManager(opts); if (!manager) return;

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