Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error

response.sendStatus(500).end();

Error message

response.sendStatus(500).end();

What it means

Catch-all handler in the admin users-list endpoint: an exception was thrown while fetching users (or the multiUserMode check) and logged, and a bare 500 status is sent as the generic failure response.

Source

Thrown at server/endpoints/api/admin/index.js:81

      schema: {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/InvalidAPIKey"
      }
    }
     #swagger.responses[401] = {
      description: "Instance is not in Multi-User mode. Method denied",
    }
    */
    try {
      if (!multiUserMode(response)) {
        response.sendStatus(401).end();
        return;
      }

      const users = await User.where();
      response.status(200).json({ users });
    } catch (e) {
      console.error(e);
      response.sendStatus(500).end();
    }
  });

  app.post("/v1/admin/users/new", [validApiKey], async (request, response) => {
    /*
    #swagger.tags = ['Admin']
    #swagger.description = 'Create a new user with username and password. Methods are disabled until multi user mode is enabled via the UI.'
    #swagger.requestBody = {
        description: 'Key pair object that will define the new user to add to the system.',
        required: true,
        content: {
          "application/json": {
            example: {
              username: "sample-sam",
              password: 'hunter2',
              role: 'default | admin'
            }
          }

View on GitHub (pinned to 3aec848f28)

Solutions

1. Check the server console log for the exception printed just before this 500 response.
2. Verify the database is reachable and migrations have run.
3. Retry the request; if it persists, report the logged stack trace.

When it happens

Trigger: Admin endpoint hit an unexpected server error. Triggered when an unhandled exception occurs in the admin API handler, resulting in a bare 500 (api/admin/index.js:81).

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@3aec848f28 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f57be453c3d85f1f. Report an issue: GitHub.