RocketChat/Rocket.Chat · error · Meteor.Error

error-invalid-user

error-invalid-user

Error message

Invalid user

What it means

Thrown by 'e2e.fetchMyKeys' when there is no authenticated user. The method returns the caller's end-to-end encryption key pair via Users.fetchKeysByUserId(userId); without a session there is no user whose keys could be returned. The method is deprecated since 9.0.0 in favor of /v1/e2e.fetchMyKeys (named by its deprecation logger).

Source

Thrown at apps/meteor/server/meteor-methods/platform/fetchMyKeys.ts:19

import type { ServerMethods } from '@rocket.chat/ddp-client';
import { Users } from '@rocket.chat/models';
import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';

import { methodDeprecationLogger } from '../../lib/deprecationWarningLogger';

declare module '@rocket.chat/ddp-client' {
	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
	interface ServerMethods {
		'e2e.fetchMyKeys'(): { public_key?: string; private_key?: string };
	}
}

Meteor.methods<ServerMethods>({
	async 'e2e.fetchMyKeys'() {
		methodDeprecationLogger.method('e2e.fetchMyKeys', '9.0.0', '/v1/e2e.fetchMyKeys');
		const userId = Meteor.userId();
		if (!userId) {
			throw new Meteor.Error('error-invalid-user', 'Invalid user', { method: 'e2e.fetchMyKeys' });
		}
		return Users.fetchKeysByUserId(userId);
	},
});

View on GitHub (pinned to b2c16d5842)

Solutions

1. Restore the session (re-login) before requesting E2E keys
2. Guard the call with Meteor.userId() and restart E2E setup after login
3. Migrate to GET /v1/e2e.fetchMyKeys with an authenticated request (the method already logs this deprecation)

Example fix

// before
const keys = await Meteor.callAsync('e2e.fetchMyKeys');

// after
if (!Meteor.userId()) {
  // E2E setup must wait for a session
  return restartE2ESetupAfterLogin();
}
const keys = await Meteor.callAsync('e2e.fetchMyKeys');

// client: E2E key retrieval requires a session
if (!Meteor.userId()) {
  // defer E2E setup until after login
}

import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';

const isMeteorError = (err: unknown, code?: string): err is Meteor.Error =>
  err instanceof Meteor.Error && (code === undefined || err.error === code);

try {
  const keys = await Meteor.callAsync('e2e.fetchMyKeys');
} catch (err) {
  if (isMeteorError(err, 'error-invalid-user')) {
    // restart E2E setup after re-authentication
  } else {
    throw err;
  }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Fetching E2E keys during encrypted-room setup from an expired session; calling the method during the login/logout transition; scripts invoking it without authentication.

Common situations: E2E key handshake on clients whose token expired; long-lived tabs resuming E2E setup; migrations to the REST endpoint in 9.x.

Related errors

• error-invalid-user
• error-invalid-user
• error-invalid-user
• error-invalid-user
• error-invalid-user

AI-assisted analysis of RocketChat/Rocket.Chat@b2c16d5842 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7edaddc5aa33ff3c. Report an issue: GitHub.