plandex-ai/plandex · error

Error getting plan diffs:

Error message

Error getting plan diffs: 

What it means

GetPlanDiffsHandler wraps db.GetPlanDiffs inside db.ExecRepoOperation, which acquires a repo lock and opens the plan's git repo. Any error returned by the lock/repo operation or by GetPlanDiffs itself (SQL failures, git repo errors) surfaces as HTTP 500 'Error getting plan diffs: <err>'.

Source

Thrown at app/server/handlers/plans_changes.go:570

		UserId:   auth.User.Id,
		PlanId:   planId,
		Branch:   branch,
		Scope:    db.LockScopeRead,
		Ctx:      ctx,
		CancelFn: cancel,
	}, func(repo *db.GitRepo) error {
		var err error
		diffs, err = db.GetPlanDiffs(auth.OrgId, planId, plain)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		return nil
	})

	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("Error getting plan diffs: %v\n", err)
		http.Error(w, "Error getting plan diffs: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
		return
	}

	log.Printf("diffs: %s", diffs)

	w.Write([]byte(diffs))

	log.Println("Successfully retrieved plan diffs")
}

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Solutions

1. Read the wrapped err.Error() in the server log to distinguish git-repo vs SQL failure
2. Retry the request — lock contention and transient DB errors are often temporary
3. Check the plan's repo directory exists and is a valid git repo on the server; restore from backup if corrupted
4. Verify database connectivity and that the plans/context tables are intact
5. Keep the client connected (raise timeout) so ctx isn't canceled while waiting for the lock

// pre-check plan repo exists before calling
if _, err := os.Stat(repoPath); os.IsNotExist(err) { return fmt.Errorf("plan repo missing") }

err := db.ExecRepoOperation(params, fn)
if err != nil {
	if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) { http.Error(w, "request canceled", http.StatusRequestTimeout); return }
	http.Error(w, "Error getting plan diffs: "+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
}

When it happens

Trigger: ExecRepoOperation fails (repo lock contention/cancellation, missing or corrupt plan git repo on disk) or the GetPlanDiffs SQL query errors for orgId/planId.

Common situations: Plan's internal git repository missing or corrupted on the server volume; concurrent write lock held on the plan causing wait/cancel (client disconnect cancels ctx); database connectivity failure mid-request; context canceled because the HTTP client timed out.

Related errors

• error invalidating conflicted results: %v
• error getting current plan state params: %v
• error getting contexts: %v
• error rejecting plan file: %v
• error validating project

AI-assisted analysis of plandex-ai/plandex@e2d772072e (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/82cfbb7525b27140. Report an issue: GitHub.