sipeed/picoclaw · error

ambiguous recipient %q matches %s: %w

Error message

ambiguous recipient %q matches %s: %w

What it means

Error "ambiguous recipient %q matches %s: %w" thrown in sipeed/picoclaw.

Source

Thrown at pkg/channels/deltachat/deltachat.go:860

		}
	}
	return matches
}

func (c *DeltaChatChannel) getFullChatByContext(ctx context.Context, chatID int64) (*dcChat, error) {
	raw, err := c.rpc.call(ctx, "get_full_chat_by_id", c.accountID, chatID)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get chat %d: %w", chatID, err)
	}
	var chat dcChat
	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &chat); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get chat %d decode: %w", chatID, err)
	}
	return &chat, nil
}

func ambiguousRecipientError(target string, labels []string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf(
		"ambiguous recipient %q matches %s: %w",
		target,
		strings.Join(labels, ", "),
		channels.ErrSendFailed,
	)
}

func contactRecipientLabels(contacts []dcContact) []string {
	labels := make([]string, 0, len(contacts))
	for _, contact := range contacts {
		name := strings.TrimSpace(contact.DisplayName)
		if name == "" {
			name = strings.TrimSpace(contact.Name)
		}
		if name != "" && contact.Address != "" {
			labels = append(labels, fmt.Sprintf("%s <%s>", name, contact.Address))
		} else if contact.Address != "" {
			labels = append(labels, contact.Address)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/channels/deltachat/deltachat.go:860 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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