fix: remove direct gaxios dependency (#4289)

packages/cli/package.json

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
     "diff": "^7.0.0",
     "dotenv": "^17.1.0",
-    "gaxios": "^7.1.1",
     "glob": "^10.4.1",
     "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
     "ink": "^6.0.1",

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/usePrivacySettings.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { GaxiosError } from 'gaxios';
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { Config, CodeAssistServer, UserTierId } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 
@@ -113,13 +112,18 @@ async function getRemoteDataCollectionOptIn(
   try {
     const resp = await server.getCodeAssistGlobalUserSetting();
     return resp.freeTierDataCollectionOptin;
-  } catch (e) {
-    if (e instanceof GaxiosError) {
-      if (e.response?.status === 404) {
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    if (error && typeof error === 'object' && 'response' in error) {
+      const gaxiosError = error as {
+        response?: {
+          status?: unknown;
+        };
+      };
+      if (gaxiosError.response?.status === 404) {
         return true;
       }
     }
-    throw e;
+    throw error;
   }
 }
 

packages/core/package.json

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     "ajv": "^8.17.1",
     "diff": "^7.0.0",
     "dotenv": "^17.1.0",
-    "gaxios": "^7.1.1",
     "glob": "^10.4.5",
     "google-auth-library": "^9.11.0",
     "html-to-text": "^9.0.5",

packages/core/src/utils/errors.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { GaxiosError } from 'gaxios';
+interface GaxiosError {
+  response?: {
+    data?: unknown;
+  };
+}
 
 export function isNodeError(error: unknown): error is NodeJS.ErrnoException {
   return error instanceof Error && 'code' in error;
@@ -33,8 +37,9 @@ interface ResponseData {
 }
 
 export function toFriendlyError(error: unknown): unknown {
-  if (error instanceof GaxiosError) {
-    const data = parseResponseData(error);
+  if (error && typeof error === 'object' && 'response' in error) {
+    const gaxiosError = error as GaxiosError;
+    const data = parseResponseData(gaxiosError);
     if (data.error && data.error.message && data.error.code) {
       switch (data.error.code) {
         case 400:
@@ -58,5 +63,5 @@ function parseResponseData(error: GaxiosError): ResponseData {
   if (typeof error.response?.data === 'string') {
     return JSON.parse(error.response?.data) as ResponseData;
   }
-  return typeof error.response?.data as ResponseData;
+  return error.response?.data as ResponseData;
 }