fix: surface rate limit errors with recovery options#505
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- Add rateLimitGuidance() and extractRetryAfter() to error-messages.ts - Detect rate limit errors (instanceof RateLimitError or message pattern) in handleDispatch catch block instead of falling through to generic message - Show actionable recovery: retry time, squad economy on, model override - Write .squad/rate-limit-status.json on detection for squad doctor to read - Add checkRateLimitStatus() to squad doctor — warns on recent rate limits, passes when stale (>4h), silent when no rate limit has been hit - 36 new tests covering rateLimitGuidance, extractRetryAfter, and doctor check Closes #464 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Wires upstream command into CLI entry point. Closes bradygaster#505 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Fixes #464 -- Squad CLI was showing generic 'Something went wrong processing your message' instead of the actual Copilot rate limit info, and squad doctor reported nothing useful.
Working as EECOM (Core Dev)
What Changed
Rate limit detection in the shell
New error-messages.ts exports
squad doctor improvement
Recovery options offered to users
When a rate limit is hit, users see:
Rate limit reached for claude-sonnet-4.5. Copilot has temporarily throttled your requests.
Try again in 2 hours
Enable economy mode to switch to cheaper models: squad economy on
Or set a different model: add defaultModel to .squad/config.json
Tests