zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw · error · anyhow::Error

delay must not be empty

Error message

delay must not be empty

What it means

Error "delay must not be empty" thrown in zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw.

Source

Thrown at crates/zeroclaw-runtime/src/cron/mod.rs:420

        },
    )
}

pub fn resume_job(config: &Config, id: &str) -> Result<CronJob> {
    update_job(
        config,
        id,
        CronJobPatch {
            enabled: Some(true),
            ..CronJobPatch::default()
        },
    )
}

pub fn parse_delay(input: &str) -> Result<chrono::Duration> {
    let input = input.trim();
    if input.is_empty() {
        anyhow::bail!("delay must not be empty");
    }
    let split = input
        .find(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_digit())
        .unwrap_or(input.len());
    let (num, unit) = input.split_at(split);
    let amount: i64 = num.parse()?;
    let unit = if unit.is_empty() { "m" } else { unit };
    let duration = match unit {
        "s" => chrono::Duration::seconds(amount),
        "m" => chrono::Duration::minutes(amount),
        "h" => chrono::Duration::hours(amount),
        "d" => chrono::Duration::days(amount),
        _ => anyhow::bail!("unsupported delay unit '{unit}', use s/m/h/d"),
    };
    Ok(duration)
}

#[cfg(test)]

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Solutions

1. Provide a non-empty delay value such as '30m' or '2h'.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/zeroclaw-runtime/src/cron/mod.rs:420 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw@88bb9c8533 (2026-08-23). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ba1f16b339072171. Report an issue: GitHub.