zed-industries/zed · error

GitHub returned an unexpected redirect ({}) for the authenti

Error message

GitHub returned an unexpected redirect ({}) for the authenticated request to {raw_url}

What it means

With a GitHub token attached, the fetch of the raw skill URL returned an HTTP redirect; because redirects on authenticated requests are not followed (NoFollow policy), this is treated as suspicious/misconfigured and reported with the redirect target.

Source

Thrown at crates/settings_ui/src/pages/skill_creator.rs:1029

        http_client::RedirectPolicy::NoFollow
    } else {
        http_client::RedirectPolicy::FollowAll
    };
    let request = Request::get(raw_url)
        .follow_redirects(redirect_policy)
        .when_some(github_token, |builder, token| {
            builder.header("Authorization", format!("Bearer {token}"))
        })
        .body(AsyncBody::default())?;

    let mut response = http_client
        .send(request)
        .await
        .with_context(|| format!("failed to fetch {raw_url}"))?;

    let status = response.status();
    if github_token.is_some() && status.is_redirection() {
        anyhow::bail!(
            "GitHub returned an unexpected redirect ({}) for the authenticated request to {raw_url}",
            status.as_u16()
        );
    }
    let mut body = Vec::new();
    response
        .body_mut()
        .take(MAX_SKILL_FILE_SIZE as u64 + 1)
        .read_to_end(&mut body)
        .await
        .context("failed to read response body")?;

    Ok((status, body))
}

fn github_fetch_error(status: StatusCode, body: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Error {
    let mut message = if status == StatusCode::NOT_FOUND {
        "GitHub returned 404 while fetching the skill; no repository exists at this URL, or it is private"

View on GitHub (pinned to 9d272b0363)

Solutions

1. Retry the import; GitHub sometimes issues redirects transiently
2. Verify the raw URL is correct and points at raw.githubusercontent.com content
3. Ensure the repository/file is accessible with the provided token

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/settings_ui/src/pages/skill_creator.rs:1029 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Authentication and authorization failures — expired tokens, bad credentials, and missing scopes.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@9d272b0363 (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/75b8dd5ebc48d8e8. Report an issue: GitHub.