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🛠️ Troubleshooting — Early-Catch (GitHub Action)

This page focuses on pull request–based troubleshooting when using the earlyai/pull-request-test-generation GitHub Action or the Early CLI for Python PR test generation.

For shared issues like memory, token, commit, or coverage errors — see Fundamentals Troubleshooting →.

❌ No Test Files Generated​

This can happen for several different reasons, ranging from configuration or permissions issues to already-covered code.

Please go through the checklist step by step in 👉 Why No Tests Were Generated

That guide explains every possible cause — including missing CLI installation, coverage command failures, validation errors, SCM permissions, and more — along with how to fix each one.

⚠️ Jest Command fails​

Note: This section applies to JavaScript/TypeScript projects only.

See Jest Setup Missing →

🔐 Auth Errors​

See API Key Missing → And GitHub Token Issues →

🔒 Permissions Not Set​

Make sure your workflow includes:

permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write

See Permissions Fixes →

🚫 Action Doesn't Trigger​

Check the event type in your workflow:

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review]

See Event Type Guidance →

🐍 py-agent Not Found (Python)​

If you see an error like py-agent is not installed, install it with:

pip install py-agent

The py-agent package is required in addition to the @earlyai/cli npm package when generating tests for Python projects.

🧪 No Testable Files in PR​

TBD

💥 Memory or Heap Limit Errors​

Note: This section applies to JavaScript/TypeScript projects only. Python test generation does not require NODE_OPTIONS memory tuning.

See Out of Memory Fixes →

❌ Commit Push Rejected​

See Git Push or Commit Rejected →

📚 More Help​