stablyai/orca · error · Error

Invalid host ID

Error message

Invalid host ID: ${args.hostId}

What it means

Thrown by the repos:removeForHost IPC handler when normalizeExecutionHostId(args.hostId) returns null. normalizeExecutionHostId delegates to parseExecutionHostId and returns only the canonical id string, so the same three valid forms apply (local literal, ssh:<encoded>, runtime:<encoded>). This handler exists to forget a project on one host without disturbing the same repo id elsewhere.

Solutions

1. Resolve the host id via normalizeExecutionHostId in the renderer and block the action if it is null.
2. Use toSshExecutionHostId / toRuntimeExecutionHostId to build the id from a stored target/environment id.
3. If the host is gone, fall back to repos:remove only after explicit user confirmation (it affects all hosts).
4. Ensure the host context is captured when the project row is created, not recomputed lazily.

Example fix

// before
ipc.invoke('repos:removeForHost', { repoId, hostId: targetId })

// after
import { normalizeExecutionHostId } from '@shared/execution-host'
const hostId = normalizeExecutionHostId(rawHost)
if (!hostId) {
  showError('This host can no longer be identified.')
  return
}
ipc.invoke('repos:removeForHost', { repoId, hostId })

import { normalizeExecutionHostId } from '@shared/execution-host'

const hostId = normalizeExecutionHostId(rawHostId)
if (!hostId) {
  showError('Cannot forget on this host: host identity is missing.')
  return
}
await ipc.invoke('repos:removeForHost', { repoId, hostId })

import { normalizeExecutionHostId } from '@shared/execution-host'

function isConcreteHostId(value: unknown): value is string {
  return typeof value === 'string' && normalizeExecutionHostId(value) !== null
}

try {
  await ipc.invoke('repos:removeForHost', { repoId, hostId })
} catch (e) {
  if (/Invalid host ID/.test((e as Error).message)) {
    promptForgetAllHosts(repoId) // fallback after explicit consent
  } else throw e
}

When it happens

Trigger: Sending a hostId that is undefined/null/empty, a bare target/environment id, or a malformed prefixed string. Because removeForHost must scope the deletion to one host, an unresolvable host id is fatal rather than defaulted to 'all hosts'.

Common situations: A 'forget' action whose host context was lost (e.g. the row was rendered for a host that disconnected); passing the repo's host field verbatim when it actually stores a target id; renderer reused an all-hosts sentinel where a concrete id was required.

Related errors

• Unsupported host
• Preset directories must be repo-relative paths.
• Preset must have at least one directory.
• Preset name is required.
• Preset name is too long.

AI-assisted analysis of stablyai/orca@1136503c6a (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/dc4fe703f87fc3c1. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/main/ipc/repos.ts:2094

        return { status: 'applied' }
      }
      return { status: 'rejected' }
    }
  )

  ipcMain.handle('repos:remove', async (_event, args: { repoId: string }) => {
    store.removeProject(args.repoId)
    invalidateAuthorizedRootsCache()
    notifyReposChanged(mainWindow)
  })

  // Why: forget a project on one execution host without disturbing the same repo id on other hosts (SSH-workspace forget flow).
  ipcMain.handle(
    'repos:removeForHost',
    async (_event, args: { repoId: string; hostId: string }) => {
      const hostId = normalizeExecutionHostId(args.hostId)
      if (!hostId) {
        throw new Error(`Invalid host ID: ${args.hostId}`)
      }
      store.removeProjectForHost(args.repoId, hostId)
      invalidateAuthorizedRootsCache()
      notifyReposChanged(mainWindow)
    }
  )

  ipcMain.handle(
    'repos:update',
    (
      _event,
      args: {
        repoId: string
        hostId?: ExecutionHostId
        updates: Partial<
          Pick<
            Repo,
            | 'displayName'

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