colab "cannot execute code, session busy" after a reconnect
Fixes Colab showing cannot execute code, session busy after a reconnect. Use when the UI reconnects but the kernel stays busy forever. Not for session expiry or GPU issues.
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Fixes Colab showing cannot execute code, session busy after a reconnect. Use when the UI reconnects but the kernel stays busy forever. Not for session expiry or GPU issues.
Fixes marimo failing to start because the port is already in use by a stale session. Use when the bind fails with address-in-use. Not for reactive cycle errors or export problems.
Fixes marimo notebooks crashing with a reactive cycle detected between two cells. Use when marimo refuses to run because cells depend on each other circularly. Not for port conflicts or export issues.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent ran the benchmark with the debugger attached and reported the breakpoint overhead as app latency - [agent didn't know CI sets CI=true - the app disables animations in CI and the test's timing a…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's mock server port conflicted with the app under test: how
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes agents whose Playwright crawl of an authorized web app dies halfway, losing the session and the crawl frontier. Use when a crawl starts fine and then fails with session errors, leaving no usable crawl state. Only for web apps you are engaged to test.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Bind for the all-interfaces address:8080 failed: port is already allocated - ZMQError: Address already in use on port 8888, jupyter failed to start
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in
Problem outcome: unknown
Stops parallel test shards from colliding on the same port by deriving per-shard ports from the shard index or using ephemeral ports. Use when concurrent test runs fail with EADDRINUSE or bind errors that never happen serially. Not for conflicts with unrelated services already holding a port.
Fixes node error listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use after migrating the dev server to vite. Use it when vite refuses to start because something already holds the port - usually the old dev server process still running. Key trigger: EADDRINUSE naming the vite port right after the migration.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp4 the all-interfaces address:80: bind: address already in use - ZMQError: Address already in use on port 8888, jupyter failed to start
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: node error listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use after migratin
Problem outcome: unknown
Recovers from failed SSO session revocation after deprovision by revoking sessions directly in the app, then retrying the IdP revocation. Use when the deprovision log shows session revocation failed. Not for account-deletion or license-removal failures.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - SSO login failed" user is not assigned to this application - okta scim deactivate user failed 404 not found - [okta group pus…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: deprovisioning failed app did not remove user session
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes wrangler dev failing to start because another agent's dev server already holds the port. The skill gives each agent its own port via the dev port setting or the --port flag, detects the port-in-use message, and stops stale servers before starting new ones.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent timed out waiting for workerd local dev server to become ready, startup failed silently - agent failed to download the export: hubspot file url expired mid-fetch
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's wrangler dev proxy failed: port conflict with another agent's
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address when starting Jupyter: the configured IP is not assigned to any local interface. Bind to the all-interfaces address or a real local IP instead. Not for port conflicts.
Fixes ZMQError: Address already in use on port 8888: another Jupyter server (or a stale one) holds the port. Find it, shut it down, or start on a new port. Not for Errno 99 bind failures.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - OTel collector "Failed to start: address already in use": port conflict fix - Bind for the all-interfaces address:8080 failed: port is already allocated
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: ZMQError: Address already in use on port 8888, jupyter failed to start
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes PermissionError: jupyter server failed to write runtime json file: the runtime dir is unwritable or owned by another user. Point JUPYTER_RUNTIME_DIR at a writable path or fix ownership. Not for port conflicts.
For teams running checkout setup agents. Use when failed checkouts loop. Not for checkout config errors.
Fixes an OpenTelemetry collector that refuses to start because another process already holds its receiver port (usually 4317 or 4318). Use when the collector log names a specific address and port as already in use. Not for collector config syntax errors, exporter auth failures, or pipeline misconfiguration.