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Aborted by user

Error message

Aborted by user

What it means

confirm() prints a '[y/N]' prompt and accepts only 'y' or 'yes' (case-insensitive) as consent; anything else, including empty input and EOF, bails with 'Aborted by user'. This is deliberate control flow for destructive commands ('sd stop --reset', library deletion), not a malfunction.

Source

Thrown at apps/cli/src/util/confirm.rs:31

		|| std::env::var("SD_CLI_YES")
			.map(|v| v == "1" || v.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true"))
			.unwrap_or(false)
	{
		return Ok(());
	}

	use std::io::{self, Write};
	let mut stderr = io::stderr();
	writeln!(stderr, "{} [y/N]: ", prompt)?;
	stderr.flush()?;

	let mut input = String::new();
	io::stdin().read_line(&mut input)?;
	let resp = input.trim().to_ascii_lowercase();
	if resp == "y" || resp == "yes" {
		Ok(())
	} else {
		anyhow::bail!("Aborted by user")
	}
}

/// Prompt the user for a multiple-choice selection.
/// Returns the 0-based index of the selected choice.
pub fn prompt_for_choice(request: ConfirmationRequest) -> Result<usize> {
	use std::io::{self, Write};

	println!("{}", request.message);
	for (i, choice) in request.choices.iter().enumerate() {
		println!("  [{}]: {}", i + 1, choice);
	}

	loop {
		print!("Please select an option (1-{}): ", request.choices.len());
		io::stdout().flush()?;

		let mut input = String::new();

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Solutions

1. Re-run the command and answer 'y' if you actually want the action
2. In scripts, pre-feed consent only when intended: printf 'y\n' | sd stop --reset
3. Treat the non-zero exit as cancellation and skip retry logic

Example fix

# before: script hangs or aborts at prompt
sd stop --reset

# after: explicit consent for automation
printf 'y\n' | sd stop --reset

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Non-interactive: decide before prompting
if [ "$ASSUME_YES" = 1 ]; then
  printf 'y\n' | sd stop --reset
else
  sd stop --reset  # interactive; expect possible abort
fi

match confirm(prompt) {
    Ok(()) => { /* proceed with destructive action */ }
    Err(e) if e.to_string() == "Aborted by user" => {
        println!("Cancelled; no changes were made.");
        std::process::exit(130); // 128+SIGINT convention for user interrupt
    }
    Err(e) => return Err(e), // real IO failure, e.g. broken stdin
}

When it happens

Trigger: Answering 'n', pressing Enter on the default No, piping a script into sd so stdin is at EOF, or answering 'Y ' with unexpected characters.

Common situations: Automating destructive commands without providing consent; users changing their mind at the confirmation.

Related errors

• Invalid sort option: {}. Valid options are: name, modified,
• Failed to build action: {}
• Operation aborted by user
• Invalid choice selected
• Non-local address not supported for indexing yet: {}

AI-assisted analysis of spacedriveapp/spacedrive@6dfeccf211 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1300d2d834024886. Report an issue: GitHub.