xtekky/gpt4free · warning · RuntimeError

Response

Error message

Response: {text}

What it means

In fetch_sources(), parsing of the sources response failed with KeyError, TypeError, or json.JSONDecodeError while walking response_json['data']['message']['searchResults']['references'] (as written, the f-string lacks braces so the literal expression is the message — the effective text is 'Response: <raw body>'). It means the endpoint answered non-error HTML but the body did not match the expected GraphQL shape.

Solutions

1. Log the raw text included in the message to see the actual body returned
2. Refresh cookies/tokens via update_cookies() and retry once
3. Treat sources as optional and consume the completion without them when parsing fails
4. Update g4f to pick up any schema changes in fetch_sources

Example fix

// before
# error escapes and kills the whole prompt
resp = await meta.prompt(query)

// after
# accept that sources may be unavailable
try:
    resp = await meta.prompt(query)
except RuntimeError:
    resp = await meta.prompt(query, stream=False)  # or skip source-augmented mode

try:
    resp = await meta.prompt(query)
except RuntimeError:
    # sources parsing failed; completion may still be usable without sources
    resp = await meta.prompt(query) if retry_enabled else degrade_to_no_sources()

When it happens

Trigger: POSTing AbraSearchPluginDialogQuery returns a 200 body that is not valid JSON, or JSON lacking data/message/searchResults keys — e.g. empty search results shape changes, auth-token drift, or an interstitial page without the error h1 marker.

Common situations: Meta changing the search plugin response schema; responses where message is null (no sources found); partial HTML bodies from proxies that break JSON parsing.

Related errors

• Invalid image element
• Invalid JSON data
• Meta AI isn't available yet in your country
• \n".join([error.get("message") for error in…
• No images found

AI-assisted analysis of xtekky/gpt4free@973504e177 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/09fa90b55e9ae9e3. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at g4f/Provider/needs_auth/MetaAI.py:248

            "x-fb-friendly-name": "AbraSearchPluginDialogQuery",
            **headers,
        }
        async with self.session.post(
            url, headers=headers, cookies=self.cookies, data=payload
        ) as response:
            await raise_for_status(response, "Fetch sources failed")
            text = await response.text()
            if "<h1>Something Went Wrong</h1>" in text:
                raise ResponseError("Response: Something Went Wrong")
            try:
                response_json = json.loads(text)
                message = response_json["data"]["message"]
                if message is not None:
                    searchResults = message["searchResults"]
                    if searchResults is not None:
                        return Sources(searchResults["references"])
            except (KeyError, TypeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
                raise RuntimeError(f"Response: {text}")

    @staticmethod
    def extract_value(text: str, key: str = None, start_str=None, end_str='",') -> str:
        if start_str is None:
            start_str = f'{key}":{{"value":"'
        start = text.find(start_str)
        if start >= 0:
            start += len(start_str)
            end = text.find(end_str, start)
            if end >= 0:
                return text[start:end]


def generate_offline_threading_id() -> str:
    """
    Generates an offline threading ID.

    Returns:

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