sipeed/picoclaw · error

deltachat is_configured decode: %w

Error message

deltachat is_configured decode: %w

What it means

The is_configured result did not unmarshal into a JSON bool: the server returned 'true' as a string, a number, or another non-boolean shape. Pure schema mismatch, not an account state.

Source

Thrown at pkg/channels/deltachat/deltachat.go:1253

	raw, err := c.rpc.call(ctx, "get_all_accounts")
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("deltachat get_all_accounts: %w", err)
	}
	var accounts []dcAccount
	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &accounts); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("deltachat get_all_accounts decode: %w", err)
	}
	return accounts, nil
}

func (c *DeltaChatChannel) isConfigured(ctx context.Context, accountID int64) (bool, error) {
	raw, err := c.rpc.call(ctx, "is_configured", accountID)
	if err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("deltachat is_configured: %w", err)
	}
	var ok bool
	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &ok); err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("deltachat is_configured decode: %w", err)
	}
	return ok, nil
}

// joinInviteLink optionally joins a chat via a configured invite/QR link.
func (c *DeltaChatChannel) joinInviteLink(ctx context.Context) error {
	link := strings.TrimSpace(c.config.InviteLink)
	if link == "" {
		return nil
	}
	chatRaw, err := c.rpc.call(ctx, "secure_join", c.accountID, link)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	var chatID int64
	if err := json.Unmarshal(chatRaw, &chatID); err == nil && chatID > 0 {
		_, _ = c.rpc.call(ctx, "accept_chat", c.accountID, chatID)
		logger.InfoCF("deltachat", "Joined invite chat", map[string]any{"chat_id": chatID})

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Solutions

1. Pin a compatible deltachat-rpc-server version
2. Log the raw payload to confirm the shape
3. Report upstream if a stock server produces it

var ok bool
if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &ok); err != nil {
    logger.WarnCF("deltachat", "unexpected is_configured payload", map[string]any{"raw": string(raw)})
    return false, fmt.Errorf("deltachat is_configured decode: %w", err)
}

When it happens

Trigger: json.Unmarshal(raw, &ok) fails on a non-boolean result payload.

Common situations: Version skew or a custom deltachat-rpc-server build encoding booleans differently.

Related errors

• decode config %s: %w
• deltachat get config %s decode: %w
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• decode process hook %q %s result: %w
• deltachat create chatmail account on %s: %w

AI-assisted analysis of sipeed/picoclaw@49183d7e8d (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/edee7b4a45da6d81. Report an issue: GitHub.