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# Weatherreporter Troubleshooting
This guide lists recurring failures with likely causes, diagnostics, and safe
fixes. See [CLI reference](cli.md), [Configuration reference](config.md), and
[Operations guide](operations.md) for normal usage.
## `weather_api.base_url is required`
Symptom: a generation command fails before fetching weather data.
Likely cause: no Weather API base URL is configured.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter generate daily --config ./config.yml --date 2026-05-29
```
Safe fix: add `weather_api.base_url` to the config file, or pass the intended
config path with `--config`.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md).
## `weather_api.base_url must be an absolute URL`
Symptom: config loading fails with a base URL validation error.
Likely cause: `weather_api.base_url` is missing a scheme or host.
Diagnostic: inspect the configured value in the file passed to `--config`.
Safe fix: use an absolute URL such as `https://weather.api.example.com/`.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md).
## Invalid Timezone
Symptom: config loading fails with `weather_api.timezone` context, or a CLI
timezone override fails.
Likely cause: `weather_api.timezone` or `--tz` is not recognized.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter generate daily --tz America/Chicago --date 2026-05-29
```
Safe fix: use an accepted timezone value, such as an IANA timezone name,
`Chicago`, `Stl`, a US timezone abbreviation, or a UTC offset.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md).
## Storm Command Rejects Time Bounds
Symptom: `generate storm` fails with `requires --start`, `requires --end`, or
`requires --end after --start`.
Likely cause: the manual event window is missing or invalid.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter generate storm --start 2026-05-29T18:00 --end 2026-05-30T06:00
```
Safe fix: provide both bounds. Use `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM` in the configured
timezone, or RFC3339 timestamps with explicit offsets.
Relevant docs: [CLI reference](cli.md).
## Weather API Fetch Fails
Symptom: generation fails with `fetch /...`, an HTTP status, or request context.
Likely cause: the configured Weather API endpoint is unreachable, returned a
non-2xx response, or returned an invalid response envelope.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter generate daily --config ./config.yml --date 2026-05-29
```
Safe fix: verify `weather_api.base_url`, network access, and the Weather API
service response. The adapter fetches `/observations`, `/conditions/current`,
`/forecast/hourly`, `/forecast/narrative`, `/alerts/active`, and `/discussion`.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md).
## Hourly Forecast Is Missing
Symptom: generation fails with hourly forecast context, such as missing hourly
data or an hourly forecast containing no periods.
Likely cause: hourly forecast data is required for generated reports.
Diagnostic: check the Weather API response for `/forecast/hourly`.
Safe fix: restore hourly forecast data at the Weather API. Missing-source
policy cannot make hourly optional.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md), [Operations guide](operations.md).
## Source Warnings Appear
Symptom: generation succeeds, but metadata or `inspect sources` shows source
warnings.
Likely cause: an optional source was missing or malformed under a warning
missing-source policy.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter inspect sources RUN_ID
weatherreporter inspect metadata RUN_ID
```
Safe fix: inspect the warning `source`, `code`, `message`, and `endpoint`. Fix
the upstream optional source, or intentionally change the relevant
`missing_source` policy.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md), [Operations guide](operations.md).
## `scriptorium` Is Not Found Or Cannot Start
Symptom: generation fails with `run scriptorium render` or `run scriptorium`
and an executable or OS error.
Likely cause: the configured Scriptorium binary is unavailable or not
executable.
Diagnostic: check `scriptorium.binary` in config and run the same binary outside
`weatherreporter`.
Safe fix: install Scriptorium, update `scriptorium.binary`, or fix executable
permissions.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md),
[Scriptorium integration](integrations/scriptorium.md).
## Render Preflight Fails
Symptom: generation fails with `scriptorium render exited with code ...`.
Likely cause: Scriptorium rejected the prompt, config, profile, or
`data_package` input before report generation.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter inspect metadata RUN_ID
weatherreporter inspect data-package RUN_ID
```
Then read the preflight path from metadata. It contains captured stdout, stderr,
exit code, and command.
Safe fix: fix the Scriptorium configuration, prompt ID, profile, or data package
input indicated by stderr.
Relevant docs: [Operations guide](operations.md),
[Scriptorium integration](integrations/scriptorium.md).
## Scriptorium Run Fails
Symptom: generation fails with `scriptorium run exited with code ...`.
Likely cause: Scriptorium failed during report generation or validation.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter inspect metadata RUN_ID
weatherreporter inspect data-package RUN_ID
```
If metadata includes a rendered report path, inspect that report as well. A
nonzero run can still leave a managed report artifact.
Safe fix: use the captured stderr and data package to fix the Scriptorium
prompt, profile, model configuration, or validation issue.
Relevant docs: [Operations guide](operations.md),
[Scriptorium integration](integrations/scriptorium.md).
## Batch Command Returns Nonzero
Symptom: `run morning` or `run evening` returns nonzero.
Likely cause: at least one report in the batch failed.
Diagnostic: inspect stdout for the JSON summary and stderr for compact status
lines.
Safe fix: use the failed report's artifact paths from the summary, then inspect
metadata, sources, briefing, and data package for that RunID.
Relevant docs: [CLI reference](cli.md), [Operations guide](operations.md).
## Invalid Secrets Directory
Symptom: config loading fails with `read secrets directory`, `secret file`, or
environment variable name context.
Likely cause: `secrets.directory` points to a missing directory or contains an
invalid entry. Secret entries must be regular files directly under the
configured directory, and file basenames must match
`[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*`.
Diagnostic: list the configured directory and inspect entry names and file
types. Do not print secret file contents.
Safe fix: create the directory, remove subdirectories or symlinks, fix invalid
filenames, and ensure the weatherreporter process can read each secret file.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md).
## Distributor Token Is Missing
Symptom: notification fails with a message that the distributor token
environment variable is not set.
Likely cause: `notify.distributor.enabled` is true, but the environment
variable named by `notify.distributor.token_env` was not populated directly or
through `secrets.directory`.
Diagnostic: check `notify.distributor.token_env`, then verify a matching secret
file exists under `secrets.directory` or that the process environment includes
the variable. Do not print the token value.
Safe fix: create a readable secret file whose basename matches `token_env`, or
set the environment variable through the service manager.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md),
[Operations guide](operations.md).
## Distributor Upload Conflict
Symptom: notification fails with idempotency conflict context.
Likely cause: the same idempotency key was reused for different bundle content.
By default the key derives from bundle ID, which includes location ID, report
ID, and RunID.
Diagnostic: inspect the failed batch JSON or stderr line for bundle and
idempotency context. Compare the configured templates with the report RunID and
report path.
Safe fix: keep idempotency templates stable for retries of the same generated
report, but do not reuse the same rendered key for different generated report
content.
Relevant docs: [Operations guide](operations.md),
[Distributor adapter internals](internal/distributor-adapter.md).
## Distributor Upload Rejected
Symptom: notification fails with distributor upload rejection, HTTP status, or
bundle validation context.
Likely cause: the distributor endpoint rejected the token, bundle ID,
idempotency key, source file, or bundle path.
Diagnostic: inspect stdout JSON or stderr status lines for
`notificationError`. Confirm `notify.distributor.endpoint`,
`notify.distributor.report_path_template`, and token configuration. Token values
are redacted from weatherreporter errors.
Safe fix: fix the endpoint, token, templates, or distributor-side upload
configuration. The weatherreporter upload source is the managed Markdown report,
not `--out` or `--out-dir` copies.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md),
[Operations guide](operations.md),
[Distributor adapter internals](internal/distributor-adapter.md).
## Distributor Unavailable
Symptom: notification fails with network, timeout, or service unavailable
context.
Likely cause: the configured distributor endpoint is unreachable, slow, or
temporarily unavailable.
Diagnostic: check network access from the weatherreporter host to
`notify.distributor.endpoint`. For batch runs, inspect which reports have
`notificationStatus: "failed"`.
Safe fix: restore distributor service availability and rerun the affected
report or batch. Stable idempotency keys make retrying the same generated report
safe unless the distributor reports a conflict.
Relevant docs: [Operations guide](operations.md).
## Unknown RunID
Symptom: an inspect command fails with `metadata for run id ... was not found`.
Likely cause: the RunID is mistyped or the command is reading a different
workspace.
Diagnostic:
```sh
weatherreporter inspect reports --config ./config.yml --limit 20
```
Safe fix: copy a RunID from `inspect reports`, or use the same `--config` and
workspace that generated the report.
Relevant docs: [Operations guide](operations.md).
## Workspace Path Error
Symptom: startup or inspection fails with workspace path validation or
filesystem read/write context.
Likely cause: a workspace subdirectory is absolute, escapes `workspace.root`, or
the process cannot read or write the configured path.
Diagnostic: review `workspace.root`, `workspace.snapshots_dir`,
`workspace.reports_dir`, `workspace.data_packages_dir`, and
`workspace.preflight_dir`.
Safe fix: keep workspace subdirectories relative to `workspace.root`, and grant
the process appropriate filesystem permissions.
Relevant docs: [Configuration reference](config.md), [Operations guide](operations.md).