Speak the reader's language in the preflight missing-setting error by kristof-siket · Pull Request #269 · prisma/composer

kristof-siket · 2026-08-31T09:59:45Z

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Deploy preflight failed — 1 env var(s) (secret or env-sourced param) are not provisioned on Prisma Cloud for the preview class of stage "test/cli-failure-report" (branch override or template), and are absent from the deploy shell: …

A real user hit this during the setup-PR launch review. "Deploy shell", "preview class", and "branch override or template" are platform vocabulary; the reader needs a direct action, not a storage model.

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Deploy failed. 1 required setting has no value:

CLOUD_DEPLOY_ACTION_TEST_SECRET (used by service "computetestnextjspnpm")

Set the value in one of these two places, then deploy again:

Run: prisma project env add CLOUD_DEPLOY_ACTION_TEST_SECRET=<value> --project <projectId> --branch "test/cli-failure-report"

Or in the Prisma Console: open the project, go to Environment variables, and add each one under Preview. Preview values apply to every branch deploy, including "test/cli-failure-report".

The first remedy is the exact, runnable CLI command with the real names, project, and scope (--role production for the default stage). project env add resolves or creates the branch override, so it works even before the stage's first successful deploy, and it works the same from a laptop or CI — an agent reading the error can fix it directly. The Console step matches how preflight matches rows: a project-level Preview variable satisfies any branch stage; Production covers the default branch.

Only the user-facing message changes; design docs keep the class/override/template vocabulary. The existing failure-message test now pins the exact command.

Draft because the wording is up for debate.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved missing secret error messages for production and preview environments.
- Added precise CLI remediation commands with the relevant secret name and project ID.
- Clarified Console instructions and corrected singular/plural wording.
- Provided environment-specific guidance to help resolve missing configuration more quickly.

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The preflight error now accepts the project identifier. It reports missing production or preview variables with singular or plural wording, scoped CLI commands, and stage-specific Console instructions. runPreflight passes the project identifier to the error builder. The preflight test verifies that production guidance includes the prisma project env add command with the secret name and project identifier.

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The PR makes missing-setting failures more actionable by showing the required setting and runnable remediation commands; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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pkg-pr-new · 2026-08-31T10:01:43Z

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npm i https://pkg.pr.new/@prisma/composer@269

npm i https://pkg.pr.new/@prisma/composer-cli@269

npm i https://pkg.pr.new/@prisma/composer-prisma-cloud@269

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'Deploy shell', 'preview class', and 'branch override or template' are platform vocabulary; the person reading this just needs what is missing and where to put it. In GitHub Actions the remedy now names repository secrets and the deploy step's env block. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

The GitHub Actions detection that picks the missing-setting remedy wording is a third process.env read in preflight.ts; the invariant now names it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

Pluralizes with the real count instead of '(s)', splits the em-dash splice into two sentences, and keeps one idea per sentence. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

'Where you run the deploy' and 'the X environment' still made the reader guess. The terminal variant now shows the export command; the Console variant names the page and section (Environment variables, Production or Preview) and says which deploys each section covers. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

The message is also stored on the build and read later in the Console, where 'this terminal' points at nothing. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

The first remedy is now the exact CLI call — prisma project env add with the real names, project, and scope. It works the same from a laptop or CI, so the GitHub Actions message variant, its process.env read, and the invariant allowance for it are gone. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

SevInf · 2026-08-31T10:48:30Z

    `deploy preflight: failed to provision "${key}" from the deploy shell: ${JSON.stringify(error)}.`,
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LGTM with small nit

…ange The formatter wanted the line wrapped; the missingError JSDoc described the diff, not the code (review nit). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

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In `@packages/1-prisma-cloud/1-extensions/target/src/preflight.ts`:
- Line 217: Update missingError’s command generation so each missing setting
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formatted as KEY="&lt;value&gt;"; update the expected output in the preflight
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The CLI takes a single KEY=VALUE per call, and an unquoted <value> would parse as a shell redirection when pasted. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

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Tighten the missing-setting copy

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Pluralizes with the real count instead of '(s)', splits the em-dash splice into two sentences, and keeps one idea per sentence. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

Point at the deploy terminal, not 'this' one

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The message is also stored on the build and read later in the Console, where 'this terminal' points at nothing. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

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kristof-siket marked this pull request as ready for review August 31, 2026 11:06

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One env-add command per setting, placeholder quoted

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The CLI takes a single KEY=VALUE per call, and an unquoted <value> would parse as a shell redirection when pasted. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Kristof Siket <siket@prisma.io>

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