# Troubleshooting Guide Welcome to the Open Notebook troubleshooting guide. This section provides comprehensive solutions for common issues, debugging techniques, and best practices for getting the most out of your Open Notebook installation. ## 📋 Quick Navigation ### 🔧 Common Issues - [Installation Problems](./common-issues.md#installation-problems) - [Runtime Errors](./common-issues.md#runtime-errors) - [Performance Issues](./common-issues.md#performance-issues) - [Configuration Problems](./common-issues.md#configuration-problems) ### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions - [General Usage](./faq.md#general-usage) - [AI Models and Providers](./faq.md#ai-models-and-providers) - [Data Management](./faq.md#data-management) - [Best Practices](./faq.md#best-practices) ### 🐛 Debugging and Analysis - [Log Analysis](./debugging.md#log-analysis) - [Error Diagnosis](./debugging.md#error-diagnosis) - [Performance Profiling](./debugging.md#performance-profiling) - [Support Information](./debugging.md#support-information) ## 🚨 Emergency Quick Fixes ### Service Not Starting ```bash # Check all services make status # Restart everything make stop-all make start-all ``` ### Database Connection Issues ```bash # Restart database docker compose restart surrealdb # Check database logs docker compose logs surrealdb ``` ### API Errors ```bash # Check API logs docker compose logs open_notebook # Restart API only pkill -f "run_api.py" make api ``` ### Memory Issues ```bash # Check resource usage docker stats # Increase Docker memory limit # Docker Desktop → Settings → Resources → Memory ``` ## 🔍 First Steps for Any Issue 1. **Check Service Status** ```bash make status ``` 2. **Review Recent Logs** ```bash docker compose logs --tail=50 -f ``` 3. **Verify Configuration** ```bash # Check environment variables cat .env | grep -v "API_KEY" # For Docker cat docker.env | grep -v "API_KEY" ``` 4. **Test Basic Connectivity** ```bash # Database curl http://localhost:8000/health # API curl http://localhost:5055/health # UI curl http://localhost:8502/healthz ``` ## 📞 Getting Help ### Community Support - **Discord**: [https://discord.gg/37XJPXfz2w](https://discord.gg/37XJPXfz2w) - **GitHub Issues**: [https://github.com/lfnovo/open-notebook/issues](https://github.com/lfnovo/open-notebook/issues) - **Installation Assistant**: [ChatGPT Assistant](https://chatgpt.com/g/g-68776e2765b48191bd1bae3f30212631-open-notebook-installation-assistant) ### Before Asking for Help 1. Check this troubleshooting guide 2. Search existing GitHub issues 3. Collect relevant logs and error messages 4. Note your installation method and environment 5. Include steps to reproduce the issue ### Information to Include - Installation method (Docker/source) - Operating system and version - Error messages and logs - Configuration (without API keys) - Steps to reproduce the issue ## 🛠️ Advanced Troubleshooting For complex issues that aren't covered in the basic guides: 1. **Enable Debug Logging** ```bash # Add to .env or docker.env LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG ``` 2. **Use Development Mode** ```bash # For more detailed error information make dev ``` 3. **Check System Resources** ```bash # Monitor resource usage htop docker stats ``` 4. **Test Individual Components** ```bash # Test database connection uv run python -c "from open_notebook.database.repository import repo_query; import asyncio; print(asyncio.run(repo_query('SELECT * FROM system')))" # Test AI providers uv run python -c "from esperanto import AIFactory; model = AIFactory.create_language('openai', 'gpt-5-mini'); print(model.chat_complete([{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Hello'}]))" ``` ## 📚 Related Documentation - [Installation Guide](../getting-started/installation.md) - [Docker Deployment](../deployment/docker.md) - [Architecture Overview](../development/architecture.md) - [API Reference](../development/api-reference.md) --- *This troubleshooting guide is continuously updated based on user feedback and common issues. If you encounter a problem not covered here, please contribute by opening an issue on GitHub.*