tinyhumansai/openhuman · error

Brave request failed: {e}

Error message

Brave request failed: {e}

What it means

The HTTPS request to the Brave Search API (`api.search.brave.com`) failed at the transport layer inside `brave_get`. This fires on network-level problems: DNS resolution failure, connection refused/reset, TLS handshake failure, or the configured timeout elapsing before the response arrives. A non-2xx HTTP status is NOT this error — that is handled separately with a status-coded message.

Source

Thrown at src/openhuman/search/tools/brave.rs:84

        path = %path,
        timeout_secs = cfg.timeout_secs,
        key_present = true,
        param_count = query.len(),
        "[brave] GET request"
    );
    let client = http_client(cfg.timeout_secs)?;
    let started = std::time::Instant::now();
    let resp = client
        .get(&url)
        .header("X-Subscription-Token", key)
        .header("Accept", "application/json")
        .header("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
        .query(query)
        .send()
        .await
        .map_err(|e| {
            tracing::warn!(path = %path, "[brave] request send failed: {e}");
            anyhow::anyhow!("Brave request failed: {e}")
        })?;
    let status = resp.status();
    let elapsed_ms = started.elapsed().as_millis();
    let body = resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
    if !status.is_success() {
        let detail = crate::openhuman::util::utf8_safe_prefix_at_byte_boundary(&body, 500);
        tracing::warn!(
            path = %path,
            status = %status,
            elapsed_ms = elapsed_ms as u64,
            "[brave] non-2xx response: {detail}"
        );
        anyhow::bail!("Brave returned {status}: {detail}");
    }
    tracing::debug!(
        path = %path,
        status = %status,
        elapsed_ms = elapsed_ms as u64,

View on GitHub (pinned to 7491200858)

Solutions

1. Check connectivity: `curl -I https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search`
2. If behind a proxy, configure it in the core's proxy settings so the reqwest client honours it
3. For timeout-caused failures, raise `search.brave.timeout_secs` in config.toml
4. Transient network blips often clear on retry — the request is idempotent

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/openhuman/search/tools/brave.rs:84 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of tinyhumansai/openhuman@7491200858 (2026-08-17). Data as JSON: /api/errors/88c1ddc228c935c7. Report an issue: GitHub.