RocketChat/Rocket.Chat · error · Error

room-not-on-that-team

Error message

room-not-on-that-team

What it means

Error "room-not-on-that-team" thrown in RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.

Source

Thrown at apps/meteor/server/services/team/service.ts:404

		const user = await Users.findOneById(uid);
		if (!user) {
			throw new Error('invalid-user');
		}
		if (!canRemoveAnyRoom) {
			const canSeeRoom = await Authorization.canAccessRoom(room, user);
			if (!canSeeRoom) {
				throw new Error('invalid-room');
			}
		}

		const team = await Team.findOneById<Pick<ITeam, '_id' | 'roomId'>>(teamId, { projection: { _id: 1, roomId: 1 } });
		if (!team) {
			throw new Error('invalid-team');
		}

		if (room.teamId !== teamId) {
			throw new Error('room-not-on-that-team');
		}

		delete room.teamId;
		delete room.teamDefault;
		await Rooms.unsetTeamById(room._id);
		void notifyOnRoomChangedById(room._id, 'updated');

		if (room.t === 'c') {
			await Message.saveSystemMessage('user-removed-room-from-team', team.roomId, room.name || '', user);
		}

		return {
			...room,
		};
	}

	async unsetTeamIdOfRooms(user: AtLeast<IUser, '_id' | 'username' | 'name'>, team: AtLeast<ITeam, '_id' | 'roomId'>): Promise<void> {
		if (!team) {

View on GitHub (pinned to e4b8178b20)

Solutions

1. Verify the room actually belongs to the given teamId before attempting removal.
2. Use the correct teamId matching the room's teamId, or remove the room from the team it currently belongs to.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at apps/meteor/server/services/team/service.ts:402 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of RocketChat/Rocket.Chat@e4b8178b20 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c50dffa899e9b311. Report an issue: GitHub.