paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

No managed install was found to roll back.

Error message

No managed install was found to roll back.

What it means

rollbackManagedInstall found no install manifest or current managed payload, so there is nothing to roll back to; --rollback only applies to managed installs.

Solutions

1. Rollback only applies to managed installs; verify the install was created by `paperclipai install`.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/update.ts:130 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/0274c18e84bb8039. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/update.ts:130

    return leftPart < rightPart ? -1 : 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

export function resolveUpdateRequest(manifest: InstallManifest | null, options: Pick<UpdateOptions, "canary" | "latest" | "version">): { spec: string; channel: InstallChannel; explicit: boolean } {
  const selected = Number(Boolean(options.canary)) + Number(Boolean(options.latest)) + Number(Boolean(options.version));
  if (selected > 1) throw new Error("Choose only one of --latest, --canary, or --version.");
  if (options.version) return { spec: options.version.trim(), channel: "pinned", explicit: true };
  if (options.canary) return { spec: "canary", channel: "canary", explicit: true };
  if (options.latest) return { spec: "latest", channel: "latest", explicit: true };
  if (manifest?.channel === "pinned") return { spec: manifest.version, channel: "pinned", explicit: false };
  const channel = manifest?.channel === "canary" ? "canary" : "latest";
  return { spec: channel, channel, explicit: false };
}

export function rollbackManagedInstall(paths = resolveInstallStorePaths()): InstallManifest {
  const manifest = readInstallManifest(paths);
  if (!manifest) throw new Error("No managed install was found to roll back.");
  const target = manifest.previous[0];
  if (!target) throw new Error("No previous managed payload is available for rollback.");
  if (!fs.existsSync(target.payloadPath)) throw new Error(`Previous payload is missing: ${target.payloadPath}`);
  const current: InstallRecord = { source: manifest.source, version: manifest.version, channel: manifest.channel, payloadPath: manifest.payloadPath, repo: manifest.repo, ref: manifest.ref, sha: manifest.sha, installedAt: manifest.installedAt };
  const next: InstallManifest = { schemaVersion: manifest.schemaVersion, ...target, previous: [current, ...manifest.previous.slice(1)].slice(0, 2) };
  const oldTarget = fs.readlinkSync(paths.currentPath);
  flipCurrentAtomic(target.payloadPath, paths);
  try { writeInstallManifestAtomic(next, paths); } catch (error) { flipCurrentAtomic(path.resolve(paths.cliRoot, oldTarget), paths); throw error; }
  return next;
}

async function defaultConfirm(message: string): Promise<boolean> {
  if (!process.stdin.isTTY || !process.stdout.isTTY) return false;
  const answer = await p.confirm({ message, initialValue: false });
  return !p.isCancel(answer) && answer === true;
}
function emit(options: UpdateOptions, value: Record<string, unknown>, message: string): void { if (options.json) console.log(JSON.stringify(value, null, 2)); else console.log(message); }

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