RocketChat/Rocket.Chat · error · Meteor.Error

error-invalid-user

error-invalid-user

Error message

Invalid user

What it means

getImportProgress requires a logged-in DDP user; when `Meteor.userId()` is null it throws error-invalid-user. It is the authentication gate before the run-import permission check, identical in shape to the guard in getImportFileData.

Source

Thrown at apps/meteor/server/meteor-methods/import/getImportProgress.ts:39

	const instance = new importer.importer(importer, operation); // eslint-disable-line new-cap

	return instance.getProgress();
};

declare module '@rocket.chat/ddp-client' {
	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
	interface ServerMethods {
		getImportProgress(): IImportProgress;
	}
}

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

		if (!(await hasPermissionAsync(userId, 'run-import'))) {
			throw new Meteor.Error('error-action-not-allowed', 'Importing is not allowed', 'setupImporter');
		}

		return executeGetImportProgress();
	},
});

View on GitHub (pinned to b2c16d5842)

Solutions

1. Ensure an authenticated session before polling (`Meteor.userId()` is set)
2. Re-authenticate on this error and resume polling
3. Move automation to POST /v1/getImportProgress with X-User-Id/X-Auth-Token headers

Example fix

// before
setInterval(() => Meteor.call('getImportProgress', cb), 2000); // error-invalid-user after logout

// after
setInterval(() => {
  if (!Meteor.userId()) { stopPolling(); return; }
  Meteor.call('getImportProgress', cb);
}, 2000);

if (!Meteor.userId()) { await relogin(); }
Meteor.call('getImportProgress', cb);

Meteor.call('getImportProgress', (err, p) => {
  if (err && (err as Meteor.Error).error === 'error-invalid-user') {
    stopPolling(); // then re-login and restart the poll
  }
});

When it happens

Trigger: Polling `Meteor.call('getImportProgress')` from a connection whose session expired or that never logged in; calling the method from a background job without user context.

Common situations: Progress-polling loops that outlive the login session (long imports); scripts hitting DDP directly; front-end code that starts polling after logout.

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/bfb2910b617218b6. Report an issue: GitHub.