tinyhumansai/openhuman · error · anyhow::Error

rpc_http transport was requested but this build was compiled

Error message

rpc_http transport was requested but this build was compiled without the `http-server` feature; rebuild with the default `http-server` feature, or use an embedding that does not set `ServiceSet::rpc_http`

What it means

Error "rpc_http transport was requested but this build was compiled without the `http-server` feature; rebuild with the default `http-server` feature, or use an embedding that does not set `ServiceSet::rpc_http`" thrown in tinyhumansai/openhuman.

Source

Thrown at src/core/runtime/builder.rs:611

        {
            // `rpc_http` was requested (we passed the guard above) but the HTTP +
            // Socket.IO transport is compiled out of this slim build. Fail loudly
            // rather than returning Ok with no listener bound — a supervisor / CLI
            // (`openhuman run`, `serve`, `--headless-api`) would otherwise observe
            // a clean start while the requested API is unavailable. Embedders that
            // genuinely want no transport leave `ServiceSet::rpc_http` unset, which
            // is handled by the early return above.
            //
            // The bind inputs are only read by the compiled-out `serve_http`; touch
            // them so they don't read as dead fields in the slim build.
            let _ = (
                ready_tx,
                shutdown_token,
                self.has_operator_token,
                self.host.as_ref(),
                self.port,
            );
            anyhow::bail!(
                "rpc_http transport was requested but this build was compiled \
                 without the `http-server` feature; rebuild with the default \
                 `http-server` feature, or use an embedding that does not set \
                 `ServiceSet::rpc_http`"
            );
        }

        #[cfg(feature = "http-server")]
        {
            self.serve_http(ready_tx, shutdown_token).await
        }
    }

    /// HTTP + Socket.IO transport body of [`Self::serve`].
    ///
    /// Compiled only under the `http-server` feature (#5048): builds the axum
    /// router, binds the listener, starts the selected background services, and
    /// serves until shutdown. With the feature off, [`serve`](Self::serve) runs

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/core/runtime/builder.rs:611 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of tinyhumansai/openhuman@a221052e0d (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6384a58b9295f942. Report an issue: GitHub.