sigoden/aichat · error

No role

Error message

No role

What it means

Sentinel guard in role_info(): when there is no active session and self.role is also None, no role configuration exists to export, so the function bails. It is a None-check on the optional role field; the state at fault is a fresh configuration with no role selected.

Solutions

1. Select a role with .role <name> before requesting role info
2. Create a role first if none exists
3. Inspect the model configuration directly instead of role-specific info

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/config/mod.rs:903 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of sigoden/aichat@82976d349a (2026-09-09). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b6c4d85b7db56b22. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/config/mod.rs:903

            session.set_role(role);
        } else {
            self.role = Some(role);
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    pub fn role_info(&self) -> Result<String> {
        if let Some(session) = &self.session {
            if session.role_name().is_some() {
                let role = session.to_role();
                Ok(role.export())
            } else {
                bail!("No session role")
            }
        } else if let Some(role) = &self.role {
            Ok(role.export())
        } else {
            bail!("No role")
        }
    }

    pub fn exit_role(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
        if let Some(session) = self.session.as_mut() {
            session.guard_empty()?;
            session.clear_role();
        } else if self.role.is_some() {
            self.role = None;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    pub fn retrieve_role(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Role> {
        let names = Self::list_roles(false);
        let mut role = if names.contains(&name.to_string()) {
            let path = Self::role_file(name);
            let content = read_to_string(&path)?;

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