Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT · error · DatabaseError

Failed to update profile

Error message

Failed to update profile

What it means

DatabaseError raised in update_profile when prisma update() on the existing Profile row returns None. In Prisma, update returns None when the where-unique record no longer matches (row deleted between the earlier find_first and this update), or the write is suppressed by the surrounding transaction. This is a TOCTOU-style gap: the existence check passed, then the row vanished.

Source

Thrown at autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/features/store/db.py:1292

        if profile.name is not None:
            update_data["name"] = profile.name
        if profile.username is not None:
            update_data["username"] = username
        if profile.description is not None:
            update_data["description"] = profile.description
        if profile.links is not None:
            update_data["links"] = profile.links
        if profile.avatar_url is not None:
            update_data["avatarUrl"] = profile.avatar_url

        # Update the existing profile
        updated_profile = await prisma.models.Profile.prisma().update(
            where={"id": existing_profile.id},
            data=prisma.types.ProfileUpdateInput(**update_data),
        )
        if updated_profile is None:
            logger.error(f"Failed to update profile for user {user_id}")
            raise DatabaseError("Failed to update profile")

        return store_model.ProfileDetails.from_db(updated_profile)

    except prisma.errors.PrismaError as e:
        logger.error(f"Database error updating profile: {e}")
        raise DatabaseError("Failed to update profile") from e


async def get_my_agents(
    user_id: str,
    page: int = 1,
    page_size: int = 20,
    organization_id: str | None = None,
    sort_by: store_model.MyAgentsSortBy = store_model.MyAgentsSortBy.MOST_RECENT,
    search_query: str | None = None,
) -> store_model.MyUnpublishedAgentsResponse:
    """Get the agents for the authenticated user"""
    logger.debug(

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Solutions

1. Retry idempotently: re-run update_profile, which will take the create path if the row is gone.
2. If retries fail, check for processes deleting Profile rows concurrently.
3. Serialize profile mutations in the client (single in-flight save).

Example fix

# before (caller)
await update_profile(user_id, profile)  # single shot
# after (caller) — upsert semantics tolerate the vanished row
for attempt in range(2):
    try:
        return await update_profile(user_id, profile)
    except DatabaseError:
        if attempt: raise

from backend.util.exceptions import DatabaseError

for attempt in range(2):
    try:
        return await store_db.update_profile(user_id, profile)
    except DatabaseError as e:
        if 'Failed to update profile' == str(e) and attempt == 0:
            continue  # row vanished mid-flight; retry takes the create path
        raise

When it happens

Trigger: Two requests: one deletes the Profile (e.g. account cleanup) while another is mid-update; profile deleted by an admin script during a save; transaction aborted by a concurrent conflicting write.

Common situations: User saves profile settings in one tab while another flow resets/deletes the profile; cleanup jobs running during profile edits; duplicated form submissions racing each other.

Related errors

• Failed to get user profile
• Failed to fetch store agents
• Failed to fetch agent details
• Failed to fetch agent
• StoreListing {listing.id} has no CreatorProfile — FK violate

AI-assisted analysis of Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT@9c8bb5550f (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6b4955c1e81870c5. Report an issue: GitHub.