add-repo with URL silently returns to the home screen

[Exhen]

add-repo with no URL (or an invalid argument) prints an error, so the ;kpm search-bar hook is working.

add-repo with any URL does nothing: the device returns to the home screen immediately, with no log on screen and no success/error message.

This is not specific to a third-party repo. It also happens with the official manifest:

;kpm add-repo https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KindleModding/repo/refs/heads/main/manifest.v2.json

Steps to reproduce

1. On a jailbroken Kindle with KPM installed, open the home-screen search bar.
2. Run ;kpm add-repo or ;kpm add-repo 123 — an error is shown (expected).
3. Run ;kpm add-repo https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KindleModding/repo/refs/heads/main/manifest.v2.json.

Expected

A log line such as Added repository '…' or an explicit fetch/parse error.

Actual

No output. The UI returns to the home screen.

The same silent return happens with other URLs. Adding --fbink does not change this when a URL is present.

Notes

• Wi-Fi is on.
• Commands that do not fetch a URL (for example add-repo with a missing/invalid argument) still show errors, so this looks like a crash or early exit during the HTTPS GET, not a broken search-bar integration.

[Magyarapointe]

Seconded; I ran into the same error on two freshly Vera-jailbroken Coloursoft, trying to use install instructions for a koreader fork here

[penguins184]

Have you verified the repo was not in fact added?

Can you try running /var/local/kmc/bin/kpm --debug add-repo and see if it is more verbose?

[snappie]

Have you verified the repo was not in fact added?

Can you try running /var/local/kmc/bin/kpm --debug add-repo and see if it is more verbose?

I tried that, but it made no difference

Edit: if only I could read.

[snappie]

I found a workaround. If I trigger the command directly from kterm, it DOES work.
Note that running KPM this way screws a bit with your GUI. but it still works, the buttons just become invisible until you press them or their contents change. Annoying but no cause for alarm.

Regarding the kindle search bar commands:
After some further testing, I get an error if I try to pass "asdasd" as URL, but once I include a ":" or a "." it jumps back to the home screen without an error. This appears to be an issue with the software that passes commands starting with ";" down to KPM