Tencent/WeKnora · error

user not found

Error message

user not found

What it means

Sentinel ErrUserNotFound returned by user repository lookups (by id or email) when GORM reports gorm.ErrRecordNotFound — no user row matches. Mapped from the driver error so callers can distinguish missing records from real DB failures.

Source

Thrown at internal/application/repository/user.go:14

package repository

import (
	"context"
	"errors"

	"github.com/Tencent/WeKnora/internal/types"
	"github.com/Tencent/WeKnora/internal/types/interfaces"
	"gorm.io/gorm"
	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
)

var (
	ErrUserNotFound       = errors.New("user not found")
	ErrUserAlreadyExists  = errors.New("user already exists")
	ErrTokenNotFound      = errors.New("token not found")
	ErrCannotRevokeSelf   = errors.New("cannot revoke your own system admin privileges")
	ErrLastSystemAdmin    = errors.New("cannot revoke the last remaining system administrator")
	ErrUserNotSystemAdmin = errors.New("user is not a system administrator")
)

// userRepository implements user repository interface
type userRepository struct {
	db *gorm.DB
}

// NewUserRepository creates a new user repository
func NewUserRepository(db *gorm.DB) interfaces.UserRepository {
	return &userRepository{db: db}
}

// CreateUser creates a user

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Solutions

1. Verify the user id/email; the account may have been deleted or the id mistyped
2. Return 404 to the client or prompt registration instead of retrying

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/application/repository/user.go:14 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Tencent/WeKnora@988cbb0330 (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4b6ada761f122018. Report an issue: GitHub.