oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/humility

Error message if IP address is wrong is... counterintuitive

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Description

Folks attempting to access a sled to collect dumps earlier today mis-typed an IP address, and Humility said:

humility: using UDP dump agent
humility dump failed: failed to receive packet

Caused by:
    Resource temporarily unavailable (os error 11)

That's ... not great. We should improve this.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the dump attempt with an incorrect IP address and trace the UDP dump agent's packet-receive error. The work is done when this case reports a clear, actionable explanation instead of "Resource temporarily unavailable (os error 11)".

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools, networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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