siyuan-note/siyuan · error

result["msg"].(string)

Error message

result["msg"].(string)

What it means

In RemoveCloudShorthands, returned when the cloud server responds with HTTP 200 but result['code'] (float64) is non-zero. The server's result['msg'] is extracted via a type assertion to string and wrapped in errors.New. This is a pass-through of a server-side business error from the inbox removal endpoint.

Source

Thrown at kernel/model/cloud_service.go:450

		SetSuccessResult(&result).
		SetCookies(&http.Cookie{Name: "symphony", Value: Conf.GetUser().UserToken}).
		SetBody(body).
		Post(util.GetCloudServer() + "/apis/siyuan/inbox/removeCloudShorthands")
	if err != nil {
		logging.LogErrorf("remove cloud shorthands failed: %s", err)
		err = ErrFailedToConnectCloudServer
		return
	}

	if 401 == resp.StatusCode {
		err = errors.New(Conf.Language(31))
		return
	}

	code := result["code"].(float64)
	if 0 != code {
		logging.LogErrorf("remove cloud shorthands failed: %s", result["msg"])
		err = errors.New(result["msg"].(string))
		return
	}
	return
}

func GetCloudShorthand(id string) (ret map[string]any, err error) {
	result := map[string]any{}
	request := httpclient.NewCloudRequest30s()
	resp, err := request.
		SetSuccessResult(&result).
		SetCookies(&http.Cookie{Name: "symphony", Value: Conf.GetUser().UserToken}).
		Post(util.GetCloudServer() + "/apis/siyuan/inbox/getCloudShorthand?id=" + id)
	if err != nil {
		logging.LogErrorf("get cloud shorthand failed: %s", err)
		err = ErrFailedToConnectCloudServer
		return
	}

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Solutions

1. Show result['msg'] to the user as the specific reason.
2. Refresh the cloud shorthand list and retry only existing, owned shorthands.
3. Defensively, the kernel should guard the result['msg'].(string) assertion to avoid a panic when msg is missing or non-string.

Example fix

// before (kernel-side risk): direct assertion can panic
err = errors.New(result["msg"].(string))

// after (kernel-side safe)
msg, _ := result["msg"].(string)
if msg == "" { msg = "remove cloud shorthands failed" }
err = errors.New(msg)

// Refresh the shorthand list and only delete ids that still exist and are owned
ids := filterOwnedShorthands(cachedIds)

func isServerBusinessError(err error) bool {
    return err != nil && !errors.Is(err, model.ErrFailedToConnectCloudServer) && !isAuthError(err)
}

if err := model.RemoveCloudShorthands(ids); err != nil {
    if errors.Is(err, model.ErrFailedToConnectCloudServer) { retry() }
    else if isAuthError(err) { reloginAndRetry() }
    else { showUser(err.Error()) /* result[msg] */ }
}

When it happens

Trigger: POST /apis/siyuan/inbox/removeCloudShorthands succeeds at the HTTP level but the JSON envelope code != 0, e.g. one of the shorthand ids does not belong to the user, does not exist, or the inbox service rejected the batch. Note: this code path performs a .(string) type assertion on result['msg'] which will panic if msg is not a string.

Common situations: A shorthand id in the batch was already deleted; ids belong to another account; server-side inbox inconsistency; concurrent deletion from another device.

Related errors

• requestResult.Msg
• --id is required
• failed to connect cloud server
• Account authentication failed, please login again
• You have already used a free trial subscription. Duplicate t

AI-assisted analysis of siyuan-note/siyuan@251596fc0d (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b5540280e93c99b9. Report an issue: GitHub.