Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error

Document processing API is not online. Link ${link} will not

Error message

Document processing API is not online. Link ${link} will not be processed automatically.

What it means

Availability guard on POST /workspace/:slug/upload-link: the collector (document processing API) is offline, so the submitted link cannot be scraped/embedded and a 500 warns that it will not be processed automatically.

Source

Thrown at server/endpoints/workspaces.js:190

      } catch (e) {
        console.error(e.message, e);
        response.sendStatus(500).end();
      }
    }
  );

  app.post(
    "/workspace/:slug/upload-link",
    [validatedRequest, flexUserRoleValid([ROLES.admin, ROLES.manager])],
    async (request, response) => {
      try {
        const Collector = new CollectorApi();
        const { link = "" } = reqBody(request);
        const processingOnline = await Collector.online();

        if (!processingOnline) {
          response
            .status(500)
            .json({
              success: false,
              error: `Document processing API is not online. Link ${link} will not be processed automatically.`,
            })
            .end();
          return;
        }

        const { success, reason } = await Collector.processLink(link);
        if (!success) {
          response.status(500).json({ success: false, error: reason }).end();
          return;
        }

        Collector.log(
          `Link ${link} uploaded processed and successfully. It is now available in documents.`
        );
        await Telemetry.sendTelemetry("link_uploaded");

View on GitHub (pinned to 3aec848f28)

Solutions

  1. Bring the document processing (collector) service online.
  2. Verify collector connectivity and retry submitting the link.
Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/endpoints/workspaces.js:190 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: Submitting a link to a workspace while the document processing API is offline.

AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@3aec848f28 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7a8b6f86a0dba4d9. Report an issue: GitHub.