Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT · error · ValueError

Transfer requires approval from both source and target organ

Error message

Transfer requires approval from both source and target organizations

What it means

Error "Transfer requires approval from both source and target organizations" thrown in Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT.

Source

Thrown at autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/features/transfers/db.py:168

    user_id: str,
    org_id: str,
) -> TransferResponse:
    """Execute an approved transfer -- move the resource to the target org.

    Requires both source and target approvals, and the caller's active org
    must be a party to the transfer — TRANSFER_RESOURCES is granted to every
    personal-org owner, so without this check any authenticated user could
    execute an approved transfer between two unrelated orgs.
    """
    tr = await prisma.transferrequest.find_unique(where={"id": transfer_id})
    if tr is None:
        raise NotFoundError(f"Transfer request {transfer_id} not found")

    if org_id not in (tr.sourceOrganizationId, tr.targetOrganizationId):
        raise ValueError("Your organization is not a party to this transfer request")

    if tr.sourceApprovedByUserId is None or tr.targetApprovedByUserId is None:
        raise ValueError(
            "Transfer requires approval from both source and target organizations"
        )

    if tr.status == "COMPLETED":
        raise ValueError("Transfer has already been executed")

    if tr.status == "REJECTED":
        raise ValueError("Cannot execute a rejected transfer")

    await _move_resource(
        resource_type=tr.resourceType,
        resource_id=tr.resourceId,
        target_org_id=tr.targetOrganizationId,
    )

    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
    updated = await prisma.transferrequest.update(
        where={"id": transfer_id},

View on GitHub (pinned to 9c8bb5550f)

Solutions

1. Wait for the other organization to approve before executing the transfer.
2. Contact the other org's admin to request approval.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/features/transfers/db.py:168 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT@9c8bb5550f (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5556b78ca5ae06f4. Report an issue: GitHub.