HKUDS/DeepTutor · error · ValueError

Admin users use the main workspace and cannot receive assign

Error message

Admin users use the main workspace and cannot receive assignments.

What it means

Error "Admin users use the main workspace and cannot receive assignments." thrown in HKUDS/DeepTutor.

Source

Thrown at deeptutor/multi_user/grants.py:107

def load_grant(user_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
    path = grant_path(user_id)
    if not path.exists():
        return empty_grant(user_id)
    try:
        return normalize_grant(user_id, json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
    except Exception:
        return empty_grant(user_id)


def save_grant(user_id: str, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
    user_record = get_user_by_id(user_id)
    if user_record is None:
        raise ValueError(f"Unknown user id: {user_id}")
    _username, record = user_record
    if str(record.get("role") or "user") == "admin":
        raise ValueError("Admin users use the main workspace and cannot receive assignments.")
    grant = normalize_grant(user_id, payload)
    validate_grant(grant)
    path = grant_path(user_id)
    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    path.write_text(json.dumps(grant, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False), encoding="utf-8")
    return grant


def validate_grant(grant: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
    """Reject accidental secret/path material in grants.

    Grants carry logical ids only. Runtime resolution happens server-side.
    """
    forbidden = {"api_key", "secret", "password", "token", "path", "base_url"}

    def walk(value: Any, trail: str = "grant") -> None:
        if isinstance(value, dict):
            for key, child in value.items():

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at deeptutor/multi_user/grants.py:107 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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