From ff8873da07e291dcbe7043e953a23ad3329ccf18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 12:28:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix extension install error message showing raw struct
 instead of owner/repo (#12836)

Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: williammartin <1611510+williammartin@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/cmd/extension/manager.go      |  2 +-
 pkg/cmd/extension/manager_test.go | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/cmd/extension/manager.go b/pkg/cmd/extension/manager.go
index b7f1f1c0c..de758f5a3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/extension/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/extension/manager.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Install(repo ghrepo.Interface, target string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if !hs {
-		return fmt.Errorf("extension is not installable: no usable release artifact or script found in %s", repo)
+		return fmt.Errorf("extension is not installable: no usable release artifact or script found in %s", ghrepo.FullName(repo))
 	}
 
 	return m.installGit(repo, target)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/extension/manager_test.go b/pkg/cmd/extension/manager_test.go
index e933f0bdf..1e8f82483 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/extension/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/extension/manager_test.go
@@ -867,6 +867,39 @@ func TestManager_Install_git(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoDirExistsf(t, extensionUpdatePath, "update directory should be removed")
 }
 
+func TestManager_Install_not_installable(t *testing.T) {
+	dataDir := t.TempDir()
+	updateDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	reg := httpmock.Registry{}
+	defer reg.Verify(t)
+	client := http.Client{Transport: &reg}
+
+	ios, _, _, _ := iostreams.Test()
+
+	m := newTestManager(dataDir, updateDir, &client, nil, ios)
+
+	reg.Register(
+		httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/owner/gh-some-ext/releases/latest"),
+		httpmock.JSONResponse(
+			release{
+				Assets: []releaseAsset{
+					{
+						Name:   "not-a-binary",
+						APIURL: "https://example.com/release/cool",
+					},
+				},
+			}))
+	reg.Register(
+		httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/owner/gh-some-ext/contents/gh-some-ext"),
+		httpmock.StatusStringResponse(404, "not found"))
+
+	repo := ghrepo.New("owner", "gh-some-ext")
+
+	err := m.Install(repo, "")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "extension is not installable: no usable release artifact or script found in owner/gh-some-ext")
+}
+
 func TestManager_Install_git_pinned(t *testing.T) {
 	dataDir := t.TempDir()
 	updateDir := t.TempDir()