Adding fallback to crew settings (#3562)

* Adding fallback to crew settings

* fix: resolve ruff and mypy issues in cli/config.py

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Co-authored-by: Greyson Lalonde <[email protected]>

Author: joaomdmoura

src/crewai/cli/config.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import json
+import tempfile
+from logging import getLogger
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
@@ -12,8 +14,48 @@
 )
 from crewai.cli.shared.token_manager import TokenManager
 
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = Path.home() / ".config" / "crewai" / "settings.json"
 
+
+def get_writable_config_path() -> Path | None:
+    """
+    Find a writable location for the config file with fallback options.
+
+    Tries in order:
+    1. Default: ~/.config/crewai/settings.json
+    2. Temp directory: /tmp/crewai_settings.json (or OS equivalent)
+    3. Current directory: ./crewai_settings.json
+    4. In-memory only (returns None)
+
+    Returns:
+        Path object for writable config location, or None if no writable location found
+    """
+    fallback_paths = [
+        DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,  # Default location
+        Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / "crewai_settings.json",  # Temporary directory
+        Path.cwd() / "crewai_settings.json",  # Current working directory
+    ]
+
+    for config_path in fallback_paths:
+        try:
+            config_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            test_file = config_path.parent / ".crewai_write_test"
+            try:
+                test_file.write_text("test")
+                test_file.unlink()  # Clean up test file
+                logger.info(f"Using config path: {config_path}")
+                return config_path
+            except Exception:  # noqa: S112
+                continue
+
+        except Exception:  # noqa: S112
+            continue
+
+    return None
+
+
 # Settings that are related to the user's account
 USER_SETTINGS_KEYS = [
     "tool_repository_username",
@@ -93,16 +135,32 @@ class Settings(BaseModel):
         default=DEFAULT_CLI_SETTINGS["oauth2_domain"],
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, config_path: Path = DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, **data):
-        """Load Settings from config path"""
-        config_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    def __init__(self, config_path: Path | None = None, **data):
+        """Load Settings from config path with fallback support"""
+        if config_path is None:
+            config_path = get_writable_config_path()
+
+        # If config_path is None, we're in memory-only mode
+        if config_path is None:
+            merged_data = {**data}
+            # Dummy path for memory-only mode
+            super().__init__(config_path=Path("/dev/null"), **merged_data)
+            return
+
+        try:
+            config_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        except Exception:
+            merged_data = {**data}
+            # Dummy path for memory-only mode
+            super().__init__(config_path=Path("/dev/null"), **merged_data)
+            return
 
         file_data = {}
         if config_path.is_file():
             try:
                 with config_path.open("r") as f:
                     file_data = json.load(f)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            except Exception:
                 file_data = {}
 
         merged_data = {**file_data, **data}
@@ -122,15 +180,22 @@ def reset(self) -> None:
 
     def dump(self) -> None:
         """Save current settings to settings.json"""
-        if self.config_path.is_file():
-            with self.config_path.open("r") as f:
-                existing_data = json.load(f)
-        else:
-            existing_data = {}
-
-        updated_data = {**existing_data, **self.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)}
-        with self.config_path.open("w") as f:
-            json.dump(updated_data, f, indent=4)
+        if str(self.config_path) == "/dev/null":
+            return
+
+        try:
+            if self.config_path.is_file():
+                with self.config_path.open("r") as f:
+                    existing_data = json.load(f)
+            else:
+                existing_data = {}
+
+            updated_data = {**existing_data, **self.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)}
+            with self.config_path.open("w") as f:
+                json.dump(updated_data, f, indent=4)
+
+        except Exception:  # noqa: S110
+            pass
 
     def _reset_user_settings(self) -> None:
         """Reset all user settings to default values"""