xai-org/grok-build · error

Unsupported OS

Error message

Unsupported OS

What it means

Error "Unsupported OS" thrown in xai-org/grok-build.

Source

Thrown at crates/codegen/xai-grok-update/src/auto_update.rs:1001

/// Detect the platform (os, arch) to download binaries for.
///
/// Arch is the compile-time arch with one correction: an x86_64 build on an
/// Apple Silicon host (Rosetta) selects `aarch64`, so every update path —
/// interactive `grok update`, background `--auto` children, the leader's
/// hourly converge, and forced minimum-version installs — converges to the
/// native build instead of perpetuating the translated one. This mirrors
/// install.sh's `hw.optional.arm64` probe; without it, a lingering x86_64
/// process would reinstall x86_64 right over a fresh native install.
pub(crate) fn detect_platform() -> Result<(&'static str, &'static str)> {
    let os = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
        "macos"
    } else if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
        "linux"
    } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
        "windows"
    } else {
        anyhow::bail!("Unsupported OS");
    };
    let arch = if cfg!(target_arch = "x86_64") {
        "x86_64"
    } else if cfg!(target_arch = "aarch64") {
        "aarch64"
    } else {
        anyhow::bail!("Unsupported architecture");
    };
    Ok((
        os,
        corrected_arch(os, arch, running_under_rosetta_on_apple_silicon()),
    ))
}

/// Age past which a leftover `.tmp` download file (or a freshly-renamed
/// versioned binary) is considered abandoned (crashed/killed updater) and
/// safe for `cleanup_old_downloads` to sweep. Generous compared to the
/// longest plausible download (per-request budget is

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/codegen/xai-grok-update/src/auto_update.rs:1001 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of xai-org/grok-build@bc7f02eddd (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7e34eef50237732b. Report an issue: GitHub.