feat: enhanced Terminal Error Handling and Alert System

README.md

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ bolt.diy was originally started by [Cole Medin](https://www.youtube.com/@ColeMed
 - ✅ PromptLibrary to have different variations of prompts for different use cases (@thecodacus)
 - ✅ Detect package.json and commands to auto install & run preview for folder and git import (@wonderwhy-er)
 - ✅ Selection tool to target changes visually (@emcconnell)
+- ✅ Detect terminal Errors and ask bolt to fix it (@thecodacus)
 - ⬜ **HIGH PRIORITY** - Prevent bolt from rewriting files as often (file locking and diffs)
 - ⬜ **HIGH PRIORITY** - Better prompting for smaller LLMs (code window sometimes doesn't start)
 - ⬜ **HIGH PRIORITY** - Run agents in the backend as opposed to a single model call

app/components/chat/Chat.client.tsx

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ export function Chat() {
 
   const { ready, initialMessages, storeMessageHistory, importChat, exportChat } = useChatHistory();
   const title = useStore(description);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    workbenchStore.setReloadedMessages(initialMessages.map((m) => m.id));
+  }, [initialMessages]);
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ export const ChatImpl = memo(
     const [imageDataList, setImageDataList] = useState<string[]>([]); // Move here
     const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
     const files = useStore(workbenchStore.files);
+    const actionAlert = useStore(workbenchStore.alert);
     const { activeProviders, promptId } = useSettings();
 
     const [model, setModel] = useState(() => {
@@ -408,6 +412,8 @@ export const ChatImpl = memo(
         setUploadedFiles={setUploadedFiles}
         imageDataList={imageDataList}
         setImageDataList={setImageDataList}
+        actionAlert={actionAlert}
+        clearAlert={() => workbenchStore.clearAlert()}
       />
     );
   },

app/components/chat/ChatAlert.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { AnimatePresence, motion } from 'framer-motion';
+import type { ActionAlert } from '~/types/actions';
+import { classNames } from '~/utils/classNames';
+
+interface Props {
+  alert: ActionAlert;
+  clearAlert: () => void;
+  postMessage: (message: string) => void;
+}
+
+export default function ChatAlert({ alert, clearAlert, postMessage }: Props) {
+  const { description, content } = alert;
+
+  return (
+    <AnimatePresence>
+      <motion.div
+        initial={{ opacity: 0, y: -20 }}
+        animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
+        exit={{ opacity: 0, y: -20 }}
+        transition={{ duration: 0.3 }}
+        className={`rounded-lg border border-bolt-elements-borderColor bg-bolt-elements-background-depth-2 p-4`}
+      >
+        <div className="flex items-start">
+          {/* Icon */}
+          <motion.div
+            className="flex-shrink-0"
+            initial={{ scale: 0 }}
+            animate={{ scale: 1 }}
+            transition={{ delay: 0.2 }}
+          >
+            <div className={`i-ph:warning-duotone text-xl text-bolt-elements-button-danger-text`}></div>
+          </motion.div>
+          {/* Content */}
+          <div className="ml-3 flex-1">
+            <motion.h3
+              initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
+              animate={{ opacity: 1 }}
+              transition={{ delay: 0.1 }}
+              className={`text-sm font-medium text-bolt-elements-textPrimary`}
+            >
+              {/* {title} */}
+              Opps There is an error
+            </motion.h3>
+            <motion.div
+              initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
+              animate={{ opacity: 1 }}
+              transition={{ delay: 0.2 }}
+              className={`mt-2 text-sm text-bolt-elements-textSecondary`}
+            >
+              <p>
+                We encountered an error while running terminal commands. Would you like Bolt to analyze and help resolve
+                this issue?
+              </p>
+              {description && (
+                <div className="text-xs text-bolt-elements-textSecondary p-2 bg-bolt-elements-background-depth-3 rounded mt-4 mb-4">
+                  Error: {description}
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </motion.div>
+
+            {/* Actions */}
+            <motion.div
+              className="mt-4"
+              initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }}
+              animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
+              transition={{ delay: 0.3 }}
+            >
+              <div className={classNames(' flex gap-2')}>
+                <button
+                  onClick={() => postMessage(`*Fix this error on terminal* \n\`\`\`sh\n${content}\n\`\`\`\n`)}
+                  className={classNames(
+                    `px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md text-sm font-medium`,
+                    'bg-bolt-elements-button-primary-background',
+                    'hover:bg-bolt-elements-button-primary-backgroundHover',
+                    'focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 focus:ring-bolt-elements-button-danger-background',
+                    'text-bolt-elements-button-primary-text',
+                    'flex items-center gap-1.5',
+                  )}
+                >
+                  <div className="i-ph:chat-circle-duotone"></div>
+                  Ask Bolt
+                </button>
+                <button
+                  onClick={clearAlert}
+                  className={classNames(
+                    `px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md text-sm font-medium`,
+                    'bg-bolt-elements-button-secondary-background',
+                    'hover:bg-bolt-elements-button-secondary-backgroundHover',
+                    'focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 focus:ring-bolt-elements-button-secondary-background',
+                    'text-bolt-elements-button-secondary-text',
+                  )}
+                >
+                  Dismiss
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </motion.div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </motion.div>
+    </AnimatePresence>
+  );
+}

app/lib/runtime/action-runner.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { WebContainer } from '@webcontainer/api';
 import { atom, map, type MapStore } from 'nanostores';
 import * as nodePath from 'node:path';
-import type { BoltAction } from '~/types/actions';
+import type { ActionAlert, BoltAction } from '~/types/actions';
 import { createScopedLogger } from '~/utils/logger';
 import { unreachable } from '~/utils/unreachable';
 import type { ActionCallbackData } from './message-parser';
@@ -34,16 +34,51 @@ export type ActionStateUpdate =
 
 type ActionsMap = MapStore<Record<string, ActionState>>;
 
+class ActionCommandError extends Error {
+  readonly _output: string;
+  readonly _header: string;
+
+  constructor(message: string, output: string) {
+    // Create a formatted message that includes both the error message and output
+    const formattedMessage = `Failed To Execute Shell Command: ${message}\n\nOutput:\n${output}`;
+    super(formattedMessage);
+
+    // Set the output separately so it can be accessed programmatically
+    this._header = message;
+    this._output = output;
+
+    // Maintain proper prototype chain
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, ActionCommandError.prototype);
+
+    // Set the name of the error for better debugging
+    this.name = 'ActionCommandError';
+  }
+
+  // Optional: Add a method to get just the terminal output
+  get output() {
+    return this._output;
+  }
+  get header() {
+    return this._header;
+  }
+}
+
 export class ActionRunner {
   #webcontainer: Promise<WebContainer>;
   #currentExecutionPromise: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
   #shellTerminal: () => BoltShell;
   runnerId = atom<string>(`${Date.now()}`);
   actions: ActionsMap = map({});
+  onAlert?: (alert: ActionAlert) => void;
 
-  constructor(webcontainerPromise: Promise<WebContainer>, getShellTerminal: () => BoltShell) {
+  constructor(
+    webcontainerPromise: Promise<WebContainer>,
+    getShellTerminal: () => BoltShell,
+    onAlert?: (alert: ActionAlert) => void,
+  ) {
     this.#webcontainer = webcontainerPromise;
     this.#shellTerminal = getShellTerminal;
+    this.onAlert = onAlert;
   }
 
   addAction(data: ActionCallbackData) {
@@ -126,7 +161,25 @@ export class ActionRunner {
 
           this.#runStartAction(action)
             .then(() => this.#updateAction(actionId, { status: 'complete' }))
-            .catch(() => this.#updateAction(actionId, { status: 'failed', error: 'Action failed' }));
+            .catch((err: Error) => {
+              if (action.abortSignal.aborted) {
+                return;
+              }
+
+              this.#updateAction(actionId, { status: 'failed', error: 'Action failed' });
+              logger.error(`[${action.type}]:Action failed\n\n`, err);
+
+              if (!(err instanceof ActionCommandError)) {
+                return;
+              }
+
+              this.onAlert?.({
+                type: 'error',
+                title: 'Dev Server Failed',
+                description: err.header,
+                content: err.output,
+              });
+            });
 
           /*
            * adding a delay to avoid any race condition between 2 start actions
@@ -142,9 +195,24 @@ export class ActionRunner {
         status: isStreaming ? 'running' : action.abortSignal.aborted ? 'aborted' : 'complete',
       });
     } catch (error) {
+      if (action.abortSignal.aborted) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       this.#updateAction(actionId, { status: 'failed', error: 'Action failed' });
       logger.error(`[${action.type}]:Action failed\n\n`, error);
 
+      if (!(error instanceof ActionCommandError)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      this.onAlert?.({
+        type: 'error',
+        title: 'Dev Server Failed',
+        description: error.header,
+        content: error.output,
+      });
+
       // re-throw the error to be caught in the promise chain
       throw error;
     }
@@ -162,11 +230,14 @@ export class ActionRunner {
       unreachable('Shell terminal not found');
     }
 
-    const resp = await shell.executeCommand(this.runnerId.get(), action.content);
+    const resp = await shell.executeCommand(this.runnerId.get(), action.content, () => {
+      logger.debug(`[${action.type}]:Aborting Action\n\n`, action);
+      action.abort();
+    });
     logger.debug(`${action.type} Shell Response: [exit code:${resp?.exitCode}]`);
 
     if (resp?.exitCode != 0) {
-      throw new Error('Failed To Execute Shell Command');
+      throw new ActionCommandError(`Failed To Execute Shell Command`, resp?.output || 'No Output Available');
     }
   }
 
@@ -186,11 +257,14 @@ export class ActionRunner {
       unreachable('Shell terminal not found');
     }
 
-    const resp = await shell.executeCommand(this.runnerId.get(), action.content);
+    const resp = await shell.executeCommand(this.runnerId.get(), action.content, () => {
+      logger.debug(`[${action.type}]:Aborting Action\n\n`, action);
+      action.abort();
+    });
     logger.debug(`${action.type} Shell Response: [exit code:${resp?.exitCode}]`);
 
     if (resp?.exitCode != 0) {
-      throw new Error('Failed To Start Application');
+      throw new ActionCommandError('Failed To Start Application', resp?.output || 'No Output Available');
     }
 
     return resp;

app/lib/stores/workbench.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { extractRelativePath } from '~/utils/diff';
 import { description } from '~/lib/persistence';
 import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
 import { createSampler } from '~/utils/sampler';
+import type { ActionAlert } from '~/types/actions';
 
 export interface ArtifactState {
   id: string;
@@ -38,11 +39,15 @@ export class WorkbenchStore {
   #editorStore = new EditorStore(this.#filesStore);
   #terminalStore = new TerminalStore(webcontainer);
 
+  #reloadedMessages = new Set<string>();
+
   artifacts: Artifacts = import.meta.hot?.data.artifacts ?? map({});
 
   showWorkbench: WritableAtom<boolean> = import.meta.hot?.data.showWorkbench ?? atom(false);
   currentView: WritableAtom<WorkbenchViewType> = import.meta.hot?.data.currentView ?? atom('code');
   unsavedFiles: WritableAtom<Set<string>> = import.meta.hot?.data.unsavedFiles ?? atom(new Set<string>());
+  actionAlert: WritableAtom<ActionAlert | undefined> =
+    import.meta.hot?.data.unsavedFiles ?? atom<ActionAlert | undefined>(undefined);
   modifiedFiles = new Set<string>();
   artifactIdList: string[] = [];
   #globalExecutionQueue = Promise.resolve();
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ export class WorkbenchStore {
       import.meta.hot.data.unsavedFiles = this.unsavedFiles;
       import.meta.hot.data.showWorkbench = this.showWorkbench;
       import.meta.hot.data.currentView = this.currentView;
+      import.meta.hot.data.actionAlert = this.actionAlert;
     }
   }
 
@@ -89,6 +95,12 @@ export class WorkbenchStore {
   get boltTerminal() {
     return this.#terminalStore.boltTerminal;
   }
+  get alert() {
+    return this.actionAlert;
+  }
+  clearAlert() {
+    this.actionAlert.set(undefined);
+  }
 
   toggleTerminal(value?: boolean) {
     this.#terminalStore.toggleTerminal(value);
@@ -233,6 +245,10 @@ export class WorkbenchStore {
     // TODO: what do we wanna do and how do we wanna recover from this?
   }
 
+  setReloadedMessages(messages: string[]) {
+    this.#reloadedMessages = new Set(messages);
+  }
+
   addArtifact({ messageId, title, id, type }: ArtifactCallbackData) {
     const artifact = this.#getArtifact(messageId);
 
@@ -249,7 +265,17 @@ export class WorkbenchStore {
       title,
       closed: false,
       type,
-      runner: new ActionRunner(webcontainer, () => this.boltTerminal),
+      runner: new ActionRunner(
+        webcontainer,
+        () => this.boltTerminal,
+        (alert) => {
+          if (this.#reloadedMessages.has(messageId)) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          this.actionAlert.set(alert);
+        },
+      ),
     });
   }
 

app/types/actions.ts

@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ export interface StartAction extends BaseAction {
 export type BoltAction = FileAction | ShellAction | StartAction;
 
 export type BoltActionData = BoltAction | BaseAction;
+
+export interface ActionAlert {
+  type: string;
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  content: string;
+}