Common Issues

A grab-bag of issues we see often, with the resolutions that actually work. Most are self-service and take under a minute.

"Generation finishes but no files appear"

• The CLI for the selected provider probably isn't installed in your environment.
• Open Logs and look for CLI not found at….
• Switch to Gemini, Groq (API mode), or Ollama — none need a local CLI — and re-run the prompt.

"Preview shows a blank page"

• Open the browser dev-tools console.
• A 404 on the entry file (e.g. /main.tsx) usually means Vite started before npm install finished — wait a few seconds and click Retry.
• If it persists, paste the console error into chat and ask the AI to fix it.

"Out of credits halfway through a generation"

• The generation that ran out rolls back cleanly — you won't be left with a half-written app.
• No new generations run until your plan resets. Pro plans have a much larger pool.

"The AI changed the wrong thing"

• Roll back to the previous saved version, then re-prompt more specifically.
• In the desktop editor, @-mention the exact file so the change lands where you mean it.

"The first preview is really slow"

• That's the one-time npm install (30–60 seconds, longer for large dependency trees).
• Later visits reuse the running server and are instant.

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