plandex-ai/plandex · error

error getting default config: %v

Error message

error getting default config: %v

What it means

This error wraps a failure from api.Client.GetDefaultPlanConfig() in set_model's parallel fetch. The *shared.ApiError Msg is embedded into 'error getting default config: %s'. It means the default plan configuration could not be retrieved, blocking model/config setup.

Source

Thrown at app/cli/cmd/set_model.go:175

	var planConfig *shared.PlanConfig

	errCh := make(chan error, 3)

	go func() {
		var apiErr *shared.ApiError
		customModelPacks, apiErr = api.Client.ListModelPacks()
		if apiErr != nil {
			errCh <- fmt.Errorf("error getting custom model packs: %v", apiErr.Msg)
			return
		}
		errCh <- nil
	}()

	go func() {
		var apiErr *shared.ApiError
		defaultConfig, apiErr = api.Client.GetDefaultPlanConfig()
		if apiErr != nil {
			errCh <- fmt.Errorf("error getting default config: %v", apiErr.Msg)
			return
		}

		errCh <- nil
	}()

	go func() {
		if lib.CurrentPlanId != "" {
			var apiErr *shared.ApiError
			planConfig, apiErr = api.Client.GetPlanConfig(lib.CurrentPlanId)
			if apiErr != nil {
				errCh <- fmt.Errorf("error getting plan config: %v", apiErr.Msg)
				return
			}
		}
		errCh <- nil
	}()

View on GitHub (pinned to e2d772072e)

Solutions

1. Retry the command — default-config fetches are often transiently failing
2. Re-authenticate if err.Msg indicates 401/403
3. Check service status / err.Msg for 5xx and wait or report if server-side
4. Verify network and proxy reachability to the API

Example fix

// before
errCh <- fmt.Errorf("error getting default config: %v", apiErr.Msg)
// after
errCh <- fmt.Errorf("error getting default config: %v", apiErr.Msg)
// plus retry in caller:
for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
	if err := fetch(); err == nil { break }
	time.Sleep(time.Second * time.Duration(i+1))
}

// pre-flight: verify API reachability and auth before fetching default config
if api.Client == nil || api.Client.Token == "" {
	return fmt.Errorf("not authenticated")
}

func isApiError(err error) (*shared.ApiError, bool) {
	ae, ok := err.(*shared.ApiError)
	return ae, ok
}

cfg, err := api.Client.GetDefaultPlanConfig()
if err != nil {
	if ae, ok := err.(*shared.ApiError); ok {
		if ae.Status >= 500 {
			cfg, err = retryWithBackoff(3, api.Client.GetDefaultPlanConfig)
		}
	}
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error getting default config: %w", err)
	}
}

When it happens

Trigger: GetDefaultPlanConfig() returning non-nil *shared.ApiError: expired/invalid credentials, transient network error, or a server-side failure (5xx) while serving the default config.

Common situations: API version drift where the default-config endpoint changed; token expired mid-session; temporary server incident; corporate proxy interference.

Understand the failure class

Background: "API request failed": what wrapped HTTP errors from external APIs mean and how to find the real cause — this error's family across 29 libraries.

Related errors

• error listing contexts: %v
• error getting context body: %v
• error fetching users: %s
• error fetching pending invites: %s
• error getting custom model packs: %v

AI-assisted analysis of plandex-ai/plandex@e2d772072e (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6b62443cbd50d324. Report an issue: GitHub.