vercel/ai · error · APICallError

Failed to parse video SSE event

Error message

Failed to parse video SSE event

What it means

Error "Failed to parse video SSE event" thrown in vercel/ai.

Source

Thrown at packages/gateway/src/gateway-video-model.ts:109

            stream: response.body,
            schema: gatewayVideoEventSchema,
          });

          const reader = eventStream.getReader();
          const { done, value: parseResult } = await reader.read();
          reader.releaseLock();

          if (done || !parseResult) {
            throw new APICallError({
              message: 'SSE stream ended without a data event',
              url,
              requestBodyValues,
              statusCode: response.status,
            });
          }

          if (!parseResult.success) {
            throw new APICallError({
              message: 'Failed to parse video SSE event',
              cause: parseResult.error,
              url,
              requestBodyValues,
              statusCode: response.status,
            });
          }

          const event = parseResult.value;

          if (event.type === 'error') {
            throw new APICallError({
              message: event.message,
              statusCode: event.statusCode,
              url,
              requestBodyValues,
              responseHeaders: Object.fromEntries([...response.headers]),
              responseBody: JSON.stringify(event),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/gateway/src/gateway-video-model.ts:109 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of vercel/ai@69428b1f8b (2026-08-30). Data as JSON: /api/errors/68d8bfe780e98823. Report an issue: GitHub.