diagnosing-dream-builds
Diagnosing Dream Builds
When to use
- Just ran
dream inject push-all/push-specific, buttau query builds --since 1hshows nothing. - Need raw job ids that
tauisn't surfacing. - A build looks failed but
tauwon't print its logs. - Verifying that a
push-specificactually enqueued a job before chasing other failure causes.
Mental model
tau list/query builds is a convenience view. On Dream local clouds it isn't always wired to local jobs. The source of truth for Dream jobs is the local jobs HTTP endpoint exposed by Dream's auth/seer service. Once you have a job id from there, tau query logs --jid <jid> can download the logs.
Token health: if GET /jobs/<project_id> (or related Patrick HTTP) returns 401 or invalid Github token, refresh the GitHub PAT in ~/tau.yaml / tau login … first — see authenticating-taubyte-cli. A stale token looks like a "Dream is broken" problem but is only auth.
Workflow
Progress:
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13creating-taubyte-resources
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13installing-taubyte-tooling
Installs and verifies the prerequisites for any Taubyte workflow — Node.js, Docker (engine + running daemon), `@taubyte/cli` (the `tau` command), and `@taubyte/dream` (the `dream` command). Acts as a hard gate that runs before every other Taubyte skill, with OS-specific automated installs (winget / brew / apt-get) and explicit stop conditions when an install fails. Use on first-time machine setup, when `tau` or `dream` is missing or broken, when `docker info` fails, or when starting a fresh shell and you don't know if the toolchain is ready.
12pushing-taubyte-projects
Pushes Taubyte project changes via `tau push` — `tau push project [--config-only|--code-only]`, `tau push website <name>`, and `tau push library <name>` — with the rule that `--message` is required when `--defaults` is set, and the push-config-before-code ordering for resource-dependent changes. Also explains the `tau pull` "already up-to-date" non-zero-exit quirk. Use when pushing local changes to GitHub through `tau` (instead of raw `git push`), or when triggering remote-cloud webhooks / Dream injects after edits.
12starting-dream-locally
Starts a Dream local Taubyte cloud (multiverse) using either the newer `dream start` workflow or the older `dream new multiverse` workflow, and explains the default universe naming (`default` for `dream start`, `blackhole` for `dream new multiverse`). Use when bringing up, restarting, or daemonizing a local Dream cloud, or when `dream --help` shows a different shape than expected.
12understanding-taubyte-architecture
Explains the Taubyte mental model — `tau` CLI vs `dream` local cloud, remote-vs-local cloud types, GitHub as the single source of truth, and the config/code/website/library repo layout that drives builds. Use when the user asks how Taubyte fits together, why pushes don't show up, what repos are needed, or whether to use Dream or a remote cloud.
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