Cause (Documented platform behavior): weave.init queries the trace server info endpoint and raises with the underlying exception when it fails.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wandb/weave/e1f58c90975b12aa188aa07d3e491859ee560b42/weave/trace/weave_init.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): _get_server_info wraps any server_info failure in RuntimeError naming the cause.
Search phrasings: Weave is not available on the server; weave init self-hosted wandb server
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- weave.init fails although wandb logging works.
- Context
- Product: Weights & Biases Weave Component: weave.init server_info Operation: weave.init against a W&B server URL (WANDB_BASE_URL) without the Weave trace service Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Exception: RuntimeError Packages: weave main at pinned SHA Trigger: Self-managed/dedicated W&B deployments without Weave enabled, or wrong WANDB_BASE_URL.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- Weave is not available on the server:
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [W&B Weave] weave.init on dedicated/self-managed W&B: "Weave is not available on the server: ... Please contact support."
Recommended action: Confirm WANDB_BASE_URL and that the Weave service is enabled for your deployment; inspect the embedded underlying error.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- c91e5431-716e-41a7-affe-b45d6220a064
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Confirm WANDB_BASE_URL and that the Weave service is enabled for your deployment; inspect the embedded underlying error.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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