From 1881f4f7cd8cb8a05817b2732eeb0ae3c958b71f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krzysztof Czerwinski <34861343+kcze@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:18:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(agent): Gracefully handle failure to load non-existing
 agent (#6938)

---
 autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py
index 20f1d98724ff..47908a3addb6 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py
@@ -164,7 +164,12 @@ async def run_auto_gpt(
         if re.match(r"^\d+$", load_existing_agent):
             load_existing_agent = existing_agents[int(load_existing_agent) - 1]
         elif load_existing_agent and load_existing_agent not in existing_agents:
-            raise ValueError(f"Unknown agent '{load_existing_agent}'")
+            logger.info(
+                f"Unknown agent '{load_existing_agent}', "
+                f"creating a new one instead.",
+                extra={"color": Fore.YELLOW},
+            )
+            load_existing_agent = ""
 
     # Either load existing or set up new agent state
     agent = None