RocketChat/Rocket.Chat · error · Error

Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.

Error message

Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.

What it means

Error "Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update." thrown in RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.

Solutions

1. Set message.editor to the user performing the update before calling the message update bridge method.
2. Ensure the app supplies a valid editor (IUser) on the message object it passes to update().

Example fix

Validate the editor user before updating the message: if (!editor || !editor._id) { throw new Error('Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.'); }

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at apps/meteor/app/apps/server/bridges/messages.ts:44 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of RocketChat/Rocket.Chat@b2c16d5842 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9cb376b4f78e7568. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at apps/meteor/app/apps/server/bridges/messages.ts:44

		const definedMessage = convertedMessage as IMessage;

		const sentMessage = await executeSendMessage(definedMessage.u._id, definedMessage);
		return sentMessage._id;
	}

	protected async getById(messageId: string, appId: string): Promise<IAppsMessage> {
		this.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is getting the message: "${messageId}"`);

		// #TODO: #AppsEngineTypes - Remove explicit types and typecasts once the apps-engine definition/implementation mismatch is fixed.
		const message: IAppsMessage | undefined = await this.orch.getConverters()?.get('messages').convertById(messageId);
		return message as IAppsMessage;
	}

	protected async update(message: IAppsMessage, appId: string): Promise<void> {
		this.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is updating a message.`);

		if (!message.editor) {
			throw new Error('Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.');
		}

		// #TODO: #AppsEngineTypes - Remove explicit types and typecasts once the apps-engine definition/implementation mismatch is fixed.
		const msg = await this.orch.getConverters()?.get('messages').convertAppMessage(message, true);
		const editor = await Users.findOneById(message.editor.id);

		if (!editor) {
			throw new Error('Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.');
		}

		await updateMessage(msg as IMessage, editor);
	}

	protected async delete(message: IAppsMessage, user: IAppsUser, appId: string): Promise<void> {
		this.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is deleting a message.`);

		if (!message.id) {
			throw new Error('Invalid message id');

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