zed-industries/zed · error

cannot spawn tasks as a guest

Error message

cannot spawn tasks as a guest

What it means

Returned by spawn_task when the project is a guest/collab session (project.is_via_collab()). Guests cannot run tasks on the host machine, so the spawn is refused with this sentinel before any terminal is created.

Source

Thrown at crates/terminal_view/src/terminal_panel.rs:549

                }
            })
            .detach_and_log_err(cx);
    }

    pub fn spawn_task(
        &mut self,
        task: &SpawnInTerminal,
        window: &mut Window,
        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
    ) -> Task<Result<WeakEntity<Terminal>>> {
        let Some(workspace) = self.workspace.upgrade() else {
            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("failed to read workspace")));
        };

        let project = workspace.read(cx).project().read(cx);

        if project.is_via_collab() {
            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("cannot spawn tasks as a guest")));
        }

        let remote_client = project.remote_client();
        let is_windows = project.path_style(cx).is_windows();
        let remote_shell = remote_client
            .as_ref()
            .and_then(|remote_client| remote_client.read(cx).shell());

        let shell = if let Some(remote_shell) = remote_shell
            && task.shell == Shell::System
        {
            Shell::Program(remote_shell)
        } else {
            task.shell.clone()
        };

        let task = prepare_task_for_spawn(task, &shell, is_windows);

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Solutions

1. Run tasks from a full (non-guest) session

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/terminal_view/src/terminal_panel.rs:549 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@f4178619ac (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/746fbba2100ecce7. Report an issue: GitHub.