Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error

Failed to create API key

Error message

Failed to create API key

What it means

500 from POST /browser-extension/api-keys/new. BrowserExtensionApiKey.create either throws or returns {error}, which the handler re-throws; key generation (uuid/crypto) almost never fails, so this is an INSERT failure into browser_extension_api_keys - locked DB (SQLITE_BUSY from a concurrent write), missing table after partial migration, or a full/read-only disk.

Source

Thrown at server/endpoints/browserExtension.js:190

    }
  );

  app.post(
    "/browser-extension/api-keys/new",
    [validatedRequest, flexUserRoleValid([ROLES.admin, ROLES.manager])],
    async (request, response) => {
      try {
        const user = await userFromSession(request, response);
        const { apiKey, error } = await BrowserExtensionApiKey.create(
          user?.id || null
        );
        if (error) throw new Error(error);
        response.status(200).json({
          apiKey: apiKey.key,
        });
      } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
        response.status(500).json({ error: "Failed to create API key" });
      }
    }
  );

  app.delete(
    "/browser-extension/api-keys/:id",
    [validatedRequest, flexUserRoleValid([ROLES.admin, ROLES.manager])],
    async (request, response) => {
      try {
        const { id } = request.params;
        const user = await userFromSession(request, response);

        if (multiUserMode(response) && user.role !== ROLES.admin) {
          const apiKey = await BrowserExtensionApiKey.get({
            id: parseInt(id),
            user_id: user?.id,
          });
          if (!apiKey) {

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Solutions

1. Read server logs - the re-thrown Error carries the create() error string (e.g. 'database is locked').
2. Retry the create after a few seconds; SQLITE_BUSY is transient.
3. Free disk space / fix volume permissions if the error is IO-related.
4. If the table is missing, restart so migrations re-run.

if (!await isAdminSession()) throw new Error('Only admin/manager sessions can create keys');

for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 3; attempt++) {
  try { return await createExtensionApiKey(); }
  catch (e) {
    if (e.status !== 500) throw e;
    await sleep(400 * attempt); // SQLITE_BUSY on INSERT is transient
  }
}
throw new Error('Key creation failed after retries - check server logs');

When it happens

Trigger: Two admins creating/deleting keys at the same instant so one INSERT hits SQLITE_BUSY; table missing after a failed upgrade; container disk exhausted or volume mounted read-only.

Common situations: Multi-tab admin UIs racing writes; low-disk containers; backups locking the SQLite file at the wrong moment.

Related errors

• Failed to fetch API keys
• Failed to revoke API key
• Could not find an API Keys.
• Failed to fetch workspaces
• Failed to disconnect and revoke API key

AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@3aec848f28 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/094d264adc752bfc. Report an issue: GitHub.