Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error

Internal Server Error

Error message

Internal Server Error

What it means

POST /v1/workspace/new calls `Workspace.new(name, null, additionalFields)`; expected validation failures (missing/invalid name) return 400 with a message, so the sendStatus 500 from this catch means Workspace.new threw — typically a Prisma write error such as a unique-slug collision race or DB unavailability, or an unexpected type in additionalFields. Post-creation telemetry is internally try/caught, but the EventLogs insert and any Prisma throw also land here. The real error is on the server console.

Solutions

1. Check server logs for the Prisma error code (P2002 = duplicate slug, P1001 = connection)
2. If duplicate slug: fetch GET /v1/workspaces and either reuse the existing workspace or send a more unique name
3. Send only known workspace fields (name, openAiTemp, openAiHistory, openAiPrompt, similarityThreshold, chatProvider, chatModel) with correct types
4. Retry after confirming DB health with GET /v1/system

Example fix

// before
const res = await fetch(`${base}/api/v1/workspace/new`, {method:'POST', headers, body: JSON.stringify({name:'Test'})});

// after
const name = `Test-${Date.now()}`; // avoid slug collisions on concurrent creates
const res = await fetch(`${base}/api/v1/workspace/new`, {method:'POST', headers, body: JSON.stringify({name})});
if (res.status === 400) throw new Error((await res.json()).message); // validation
if (res.status === 500) throw new Error('workspace create threw - check server log');

const nameOk = typeof name === 'string' && name.trim().length > 0 && name.length <= 100;
if (!nameOk) throw new Error('workspace name required');

const isWorkspaceCreateBody = (b) => b != null && typeof b.name === 'string' && b.name.trim().length > 0;

try { const r = await post(newWorkspaceUrl, {name}); if (r.status===400) throw new Error((await r.json()).message); if (r.status===500) throw new Error('create threw (duplicate slug / DB) - retry with unique name'); } catch (e) { throw e; }

When it happens

Trigger: Two concurrent creations resolving to the same slugified name (unique constraint P2002); database unreachable at insert time; passing additionalFields containing keys with wrong types (e.g. openAiHistory: 'many') that violate the column type.

Common situations: Automation scripts creating many similarly-named workspaces ('Test', 'Test 2') racing slug generation; DB restarts during bulk provisioning; clients forwarding arbitrary JSON into the body which is spread into Workspace.new.

Understand the failure class

• HTTP status errors: handling 4xx and 5xx responses — how to handle 4xx and 5xx responses properly.

Related errors

• Internal Server Error
• Internal Server Error
• Bad Request
• Could not find a document by id
• e.message

AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@3aec848f28 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/719cc46c8e8dfb58. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at server/endpoints/api/workspace/index.js:105

        response.status(400).json({ workspace: null, message });
        return;
      }

      await Telemetry.sendTelemetry("workspace_created", {
        multiUserMode: multiUserMode(response),
        LLMSelection: process.env.LLM_PROVIDER || "openai",
        Embedder: process.env.EMBEDDING_ENGINE || "inherit",
        VectorDbSelection: process.env.VECTOR_DB || "lancedb",
        TTSSelection: process.env.TTS_PROVIDER || "native",
        LLMModel: getModelTag(),
      });
      await EventLogs.logEvent("api_workspace_created", {
        workspaceName: workspace?.name || "Unknown Workspace",
      });
      response.status(200).json({ workspace, message });
    } catch (e) {
      console.error(e.message, e);
      response.sendStatus(500).end();
    }
  });

  app.get("/v1/workspaces", [validApiKey], async (request, response) => {
    /*
    #swagger.tags = ['Workspaces']
    #swagger.description = 'List all current workspaces'
    #swagger.responses[200] = {
      content: {
        "application/json": {
          schema: {
            type: 'object',
            example: {
              workspaces: [
                {
                  "id": 79,
                  "name": "Sample workspace",
                  "slug": "sample-workspace",

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