{"record":{"id":"21839c083acd43cd","repo":"openai/codex","slug":"before-thread-before-thread-id-is-not-in-section","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"before thread {before_thread_id} is not in section {section}","messagePattern":"before thread (.+?) is not in section (.+?)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"codex-rs/state/src/runtime/thread_section_order.rs","lineNumber":162,"sourceCode":"            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(\"section {section} does not exist\"));\n        }\n\n        let before_thread_id = before_thread_id.map(|id| id.to_string());\n        if before_thread_id.as_deref() == Some(thread_id.as_str()) {\n            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(\n                \"thread {thread_id} cannot be moved before itself\"\n            ));\n        }\n\n        if let Some(before_thread_id) = before_thread_id.as_deref() {\n            let before_section = sqlx::query_scalar::<_, Option<String>>(\n                \"SELECT thread_section_id FROM threads WHERE id = ?\",\n            )\n            .bind(before_thread_id)\n            .fetch_optional(&mut *tx)\n            .await?;\n            if before_section.flatten().as_deref() != Some(section) {\n                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(\n                    \"before thread {before_thread_id} is not in section {section}\"\n                ));\n            }\n        }\n\n        let position =\n            section_move_position(&mut tx, section, &thread_id, before_thread_id.as_deref())\n                .await?;\n        if current_section.as_deref() == Some(section) {\n            sqlx::query(\"UPDATE threads SET section_position = ? WHERE id = ?\")\n                .bind(position)\n                .bind(&thread_id)\n                .execute(&mut *tx)\n                .await?;\n        } else {\n            sqlx::query(\n                \"UPDATE threads SET thread_section_id = ?, section_position = ?, section_entered_at_ms = ? WHERE id = ?\",\n            )","sourceCodeStart":144,"sourceCodeEnd":180,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/339751715c64496cb86246bfb3935f40e309dd3d/codex-rs/state/src/runtime/thread_section_order.rs#L144-L180","documentation":"Error \"before thread {before_thread_id} is not in section {section}\" thrown in openai/codex.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at codex-rs/state/src/runtime/thread_section_order.rs:162 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"339751715c64496cb86246bfb3935f40e309dd3d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-25T05:35:09.876Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-25T06:17:31.827Z"}