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Common Errors

AI Disconnects Without Warning / Stops Mid-Task

Symptom: The AI suddenly stops responding during a conversation with no error message.

Cause: The underlying Claude Code terminates directly when it encounters certain abnormal model responses, without any error handling. This is more common when using open-source models or third-party proxies.

Solution:

  • Click the "Continue" button on the interface — Halo will automatically send a continue instruction
  • Or manually type in the input box: Continue

Prompt is Too Long

Symptom: A Prompt is too long error appears and the conversation cannot proceed.

Cause: Claude Code internally hit the context length limit. This usually happens when the AI calls a command that returns a large amount of content during execution (e.g., reading a large file), causing the context to expand dramatically, without automatic filtering by Claude Code.

Solution:

  1. Send /compact to attempt context compression (effective in some cases)
  2. If that no longer works, copy the key content from the current conversation, open a new space, paste the history, and continue.

Copy the full conversation history

Use your mouse to select all conversation content, paste it into the new conversation, and say: "The above is the conversation history — please continue executing."


Error After Uploading an Image

Symptom: The AI throws an error after an image is uploaded, and subsequent messages also fail.

Cause: The currently selected model does not support image input (it is not a multimodal model).

Solution:

  • You must open a new conversation, because the context that already contains image parameters is corrupted
  • Switch to a multimodal model (such as Claude 4.5 or GPT-4o), then re-upload the image

WARNING

Before uploading an image, confirm that the current model supports vision capabilities. You can check the model in use under Settings → AI Model.


Context Too Long / Model Limit Exceeded

Symptom: An error indicating context overflow appears after a long conversation.

Note: Official Claude models support approximately 200K token context. Third-party proxies or open-source models may have lower limits.

Solution:

  • Send /compact to let Claude Code automatically summarize and compress
  • Open a new space and continue there

Commands Cannot Be Executed on Windows

Symptom: On Windows, the AI fails or throws an error when attempting to execute shell commands.

Cause: Claude Code's command execution on Windows depends on Git Bash. If Git Bash is not installed, commands cannot run.

Solution:

  1. Download and install Git for Windows
  2. Restart Halo after installation is complete

In environments without internet access (e.g., a corporate VDI), download the installer in advance, transfer it via your internal network, and install manually.


Remote Access Cannot Connect

SymptomSolution
Incorrect password errorVerify the password is entered correctly, paying attention to case sensitivity
LAN access failsEnsure both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network
Public internet access failsWait about 10 seconds for DNS propagation to complete, then retry
Cannot get a URL after enablingCheck your network connection, then try enabling the tunnel again

AI Is Unresponsive / Stuck

  1. Go to Settings → System → Diagnostics
  2. Check the process status and service status
  3. First try "Reset AI Engine" (S2)
  4. If that still doesn't work, click "Restart App" (S3)

Other Issues / Crashes / Compatibility

Go to Settings → System → Open Log Folder, and send the log files to the developers to help quickly identify the problem.

Log files contain runtime information. They do not contain your conversation content or API keys.

Submit a Bug

Bug reports are welcome on GitHub Issues. Please include the log files and steps to reproduce the issue.