redis type_error ai_generated true

WRONGTYPE: Operation against key holding wrong type

ID: redis/type-mismatch-error

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85%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
7 active — — —

Root Cause

Command used on wrong Redis data type.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Design key schema with consistent type per key pattern
  2. 88% success Use key naming convention indicating type: user:1:name (string) vs user:1:sessions (set)

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Delete and recreate key with correct type 78% fail

    Loses existing data

  2. Use TYPE command before every operation 72% fail

    Overhead on every call