tinyhumansai/openhuman · error

failed to build Brave HTTP client: {e}

Error message

failed to build Brave HTTP client: {e}

What it means

Building the reqwest HTTP client for the Brave Search tools failed inside the `http_client` helper. The client is constructed from the shared TLS builder with a timeout, so this fires when the TLS backend cannot initialize (native TLS library issues on the host) or client builder configuration is rejected. It is an environment/infrastructure failure, not a search-query problem.

Source

Thrown at src/openhuman/search/tools/brave.rs:32

//!
//! Each tool short-circuits with a clear "not configured" error when no
//! key is wired up so the agent surfaces the misconfiguration instead
//! of silently routing elsewhere.

use crate::openhuman::tools::traits::{Tool, ToolCallOptions, ToolResult};
use async_trait::async_trait;
use serde::Deserialize;
use serde_json::{json, Value};
use std::time::Duration;

const DEFAULT_API_BASE: &str = "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1";

fn http_client(timeout_secs: u64) -> anyhow::Result<reqwest::Client> {
    crate::openhuman::util::tls::tls_client_builder()
        .timeout(Duration::from_secs(timeout_secs.max(1)))
        .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
        .build()
        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to build Brave HTTP client: {e}"))
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
struct BraveConfig {
    api_key: Option<String>,
    max_results: usize,
    timeout_secs: u64,
}

impl BraveConfig {
    fn require_key(&self) -> anyhow::Result<&str> {
        self.api_key
            .as_deref()
            .map(str::trim)
            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
            .ok_or_else(|| {
                anyhow::anyhow!(
                    "Brave Search unavailable: no API key configured. \

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Solutions

1. Verify the platform TLS libraries are installed and healthy (e.g. up-to-date ca-certificates on Linux)
2. Retry after ruling out transient system resource exhaustion (file descriptor limits can block client creation)
3. If it persists, capture the chained inner error — it distinguishes TLS init failure from builder misconfiguration

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/openhuman/search/tools/brave.rs:32 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/94f2a108d536ee32. Report an issue: GitHub.