Troubleshooting

Status looks toDo after I merged

The marker string LUMP: <lumpName> - <contextName> is missing from git history on origin/<baseBranch>. Squash and rebase drop the subject unless you keep that line in the squash message.

Fix: put the string back, or:

lumpcode context-status myLump myContext --setToFinished

That pushes an empty marker commit on the base branch. Use sparingly.

branchPushed is not finished. Dependencies wait on merge, not on a PR existing.

lump-status versus daemon-status

They do not answer each other. Commands.

workspacePathBusy / gitCommonDirBusy

Another run or worker holds the folder or the shared git lock. Manual run fails fast. A worker waits up to 15 minutes, then skips and tries next cron.

If you just stop --forced, the next acquire removes a stale lock when the PID is dead. You should not delete lock files by hand.

Dedicated mode wiped my files

mode: "dedicated" hard-resets this clone to the remote branch before each run. That is why the worker is a second folder you never edit. Laptops stay on shared.

There is no undo inside Lumpcode. Recover from git if the work was committed; if it was only in the working tree, it is gone.

local.json missing

run and start require it. Run lumpcode project-setup on a new repo. On a worker clone, run lumpcode setup to write local.json; do not re-run project-setup if .lumpcode/ is already in git.

Worker ignored my local.json edit

start freezes project and local config. lumpcode daemon-status --json sets localConfigStale: true until you lumpcode restart. The running daemon still uses the old settings.

Worker does not pick up my new lump

1. The lump must be on the branch the worker tracks (usually the primary). Push and merge; wait for the next cron (default five minutes), or lumpcode restart.
2. --include / --exclude on that worker may filter it out.
3. Lump "disabled": true soft-skips (exit 0). Local "disabled": true pauses every lump on that machine.
4. maximumNumberOfConcurrentBranches can skip while older lump/<name>/* branches are still open. Merge or lumpcode clean --lumpName <name>.
5. Dedicated discovery allowlist: the lump’s discoveryBranch must match configured primaryBranches. Launch fails closed on a mismatch; check the worker log.
6. TypeScript lumps that import @lumpcode/recipes need npm install on the worker clone. The global CLI does not provide those packages.

lump-plan printed no contexts

The path templates or matcher did not hit any files in this repo. contextListJson only creates a context when every template resolves to a real path. Change the paths to files that exist here, or start from the README smoke test.

Captures that include dots or spaces become illegal context names. Slug them in contextMatchFn / getContextListFn.

lump-plan succeeded, run did not

lump-plan does not pre-flight or take the workspace lock. run does. Typical deltas: missing local.json, git fetch failure, workspacePathBusy, agent binary missing from PATH on that machine, dedicated allowlist.

--prompts on lump-plan can throw inside your promptFn even though a default validate passed.

Agent not found

The preset needs cursor-agent, copilot, claude, opencode, or codex on PATH on the machine that runs the lump. A laptop install does not help the worker VM. Log in / auth that CLI on the worker too.

Context name rejected

Names must match ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$ and be unique. No / in a context name. Use / only in dependsOnContexts as otherLump/contextName. Captures from path templates that include dots or spaces will fail; slug them in contextMatchFn / getContextListFn.

Too many open branches

The cap is per lump name, across every discovery line. A dedicated worker now picks the strongest remaining batch first (context priority), so a hotter feature/* line is not stuck behind the primary. You can still skip when the cap is already full of open lump/<name>/* branches. Merge, raise the cap, or split lumps.

Committed daemon file never starts

.lumpcode/daemons/<id>.json only starts daemons on a dedicated worker. Shared mode ignores the files. File shape: Start daemons from git.

1. discoveryBranch must be exact (no globs) and equal the expanded primary the file was read from. Push the file on that branch.
2. A lumpcode start daemon already using that id is left alone. Stop it, or pick another file stem.
3. maxParallelRun in the file plus workspaceStrategy: checkout is refused.
4. Wait for the next supervisor pass (about 30s, then every 5 minutes after a successful snapshot), or lumpcode restart.
5. lumpcode daemon-status should show that id. The log names parse and allowlist failures.

JSON config cannot see my function

Inline functions need config.js or config.ts. In JSON, *Fn fields are string paths to modules. Precedence if several configs exist: TypeScript wins.

First PR looks like the prompt is wrong

That is the point of one context per branch. Tweak the prompt, push the lump, merge or close the bad PR. The next context uses the new prompt. Blast radius stays one review.