Skip to content
deedglassdocs

observe_not_enabled

You opened a watched session (POST /v1/observe/sessions, deedglass observe start or observe run) on a Postgres connector whose observe mode is off.

HTTP 409 · invalid_request_error · not retryable

What happened

Section titled “What happened”

You opened a watched session (POST /v1/observe/sessions, deedglass observe start or observe run) on a Postgres connector whose observe mode is off. Observe mode reads the same change log as the Witness, so it needs witness.enabled: true and witness.observe.enabled: true in the connector’s config. Nothing was opened.

What to do

Section titled “What to do”

Turn it on in Console › Connectors › your connector, or add observe: {enabled: true} under witness in the connector’s config and update it. Then open the session again.

Example

Section titled “Example”
HTTP 409 · observe_not_enabled
{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "observe_not_enabled",
    "message": "Observe mode is off for pg-demo. Turn it on in Console › Connectors › pg-demo, or set witness.observe.enabled: true in its config.",
    "param": "connector",
    "request_id": "req_01j9zr3m5k8q2w7x4t6v0b1c9d",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.deedglass.com/errors/observe_not_enabled"
  }
}

The message is for a person and can get more exact over time: branch on type and code, never on the message.

In the SDKs

Section titled “In the SDKs”
SDK Raised as
TypeScript (@deedglass/sdk) InvalidRequestError with code === "observe_not_enabled"
Python (deedglass) deedglass.InvalidRequestError with .code == "observe_not_enabled"
Section titled “Related”