From 90e506ec7a9bada2aa59a68920e926cd4ca865af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mathuraditya724 <mathuraditya724@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:58:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: updated the plan command error message when root
 cause analysis is not done

---
 src/commands/issue/plan.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/issue/plan.ts b/src/commands/issue/plan.ts
index 2f240e0..c65e09d 100644
--- a/src/commands/issue/plan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/issue/plan.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ function validateAutofixState(
   const causes = extractRootCauses(state);
   if (causes.length === 0) {
     throw new ValidationError(
-      "No root causes identified. Cannot create a plan without a root cause."
+      `Root cause analysis found no causes for issue ${issueId}.\n` +
+        `Try running 'sentry issue explain ${issueId} --force' to retry the analysis.`
     );
   }
 

From 59c6863131d26f4f8c7a5d2a2a38784ca622c321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mathuraditya724 <mathuraditya724@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:02:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: minor change

---
 src/commands/issue/plan.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/issue/plan.ts b/src/commands/issue/plan.ts
index c65e09d..fd016a7 100644
--- a/src/commands/issue/plan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/issue/plan.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function validateAutofixState(
   if (!state) {
     throw new ValidationError(
       `No root cause analysis found for issue ${issueId}.\n` +
-        `Run 'sentry issue explain ${issueId}' first.`
+        `Run 'sentry issue explain ${issueId}' first to identify the root cause.`
     );
   }