Error: spawn ENAMETOOLONG upon sending any prompt

[asyte]

Type: Bug

Extension Information

• Cody Version: 1.64.0
• VS Code Version: 1.96.4
• Extension Host: desktop

Steps to Reproduce

1. Send a prompt

Expected Behaviour

Logs

Extension version: 1.64.0
VS Code version: Code 1.96.4 (cd4ee3b1c348a13bafd8f9ad8060705f6d4b9cba, 2025-01-16T00:16:19.038Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1255U (12 x 2611)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.71GB (15.86GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id e8de3894-b855-4c2a-8266-0a11a9426ef4
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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BUGS-1286 Error: spawn ENAMETOOLONG upon sending any prompt

[PriNova]

Hey @asyte

Thank you for reporting this issue. Can you please describe in detail when this happens and provide the logs from the output-panel to eventually pinpoint the issue?
Feel free to re-open the report after updating Cody if the issue still persists.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[asyte]

I am using the VS Code extension version of Cody. The error occurs immediately after submitting a prompt. The response section displays a waiting icon and never responds. I uninstalled the Cody extension and reinstalled it.

Here is the output channel:

█ telemetry-v2 recordEvent: cody.extension/savedLogin:
█ auth Authenticating to https://sourcegraph.com/...
█ ModelsService User model preferences changed: {"defaults":{"chat":"anthropic::2023-06-01::claude-3.5-sonnet","edit":"anthropic::2023-06-01::claude-3.5-sonnet","autocomplete":"fireworks::v1::deepseek-coder-v2-lite-base"},"selected":{}}
█ ChatsController:constructor init
█ auth Authentication succeed to endpoint https://sourcegraph.com/
█ telemetry-v2 recordEvent: cody.auth/connected:
█ SymfRunner unsafeEnsureIndex: file:///d%3A/Redacted/for/privacy
█ SymfRunner unsafeEnsureIndex: file:///d%3A/Redacted/for/privacy
█ SymfRunner unsafeEnsureIndex: file:///d%3A/Redacted/for/privacy
█ SymfRunner unsafeEnsureIndex: file:///d%3A/Redacted/for/privacy
█ SymfRunner unsafeEnsureIndex: file:///d%3A/Redacted/for/privacy
█ ClientConfigSingleton refreshing configuration
█ symf index build previously failed and retryIfLastAttemptFailed=false, not rebuilding
█ AutoEdits:Constructor Constructing AutoEditsProvider
█ ChatController updateViewConfig:
█ ClientConfigSingleton refreshed: {"codyEnabled":true,"chatEnabled":true,"autoCompleteEnabled":true,"customCommandsEnabled":true,"attributionEnabled":false,"smartContextWindowEnabled":true,"modelsAPIEnabled":false,"latestSupportedCompletionsStreamAPIVersion":7}
█ ModelsService new models API enabled
█ auth Authenticating to https://sourcegraph.com/...
█ ChatController updateClientConfig:
█ auth Authentication succeed to endpoint https://sourcegraph.com/
█ ModelsService ModelsData changed: 21 primary models
█ UpstreamHealth Ping took 98ms (Gateway: 129ms):
█ telemetry-v2 recordEvent: cody.humanMessageEditor/submit:
█ ChatController handleUserMessageSubmission: traceId: 351c59c3500c52b8315b92e813d12d60
█ telemetry-v2 recordEvent: cody.chat-question/submitted:
█ ChatController resolveContext > symf /d:/Redacted/for/privacy (start)
█ symf using downloaded symf "c:\Users\redacted\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\sourcegraph.cody-ai\symf\symf-v0.0.16-x86_64-windows"
█ ChatController: postError Failed to retrieve search context: EvalError: symf failed: Error: spawn ENAMETOOLONG
█ SymfRunner unsafeEnsureIndex: file:///d%3A/Redacted/for/privacy
█ ChatController resolveContext > symf /d:/Redacted/for/privacy (end)
█ symf index build previously failed and retryIfLastAttemptFailed=false, not rebuilding

[asyte]

I do not have permission to reopen the issue.

[PriNova]

@asyte can you please check if in this folder c:\Users\redacted\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\sourcegraph.cody-ai\symf\ the symf binary is there?

If not, please reload the IDE with Antivirus software disabled. It might be deleting the symf binary because of a false positive trigger. This is reported from Kaspersky.
After a reload, Cody should download a fresh symf binary. Add this to the allow list of your antivirus software.

[Kurasami]

I am getting this error myself too, deleting the symf file does not help. Neither does reinstalling the VSCode extension.