{"record":{"id":"9cb376b4f78e7568","repo":"RocketChat/Rocket.Chat","slug":"invalid-editor-assigned-to-the-message-for-the-upd","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.","messagePattern":"Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"apps/meteor/app/apps/server/bridges/messages.ts","lineNumber":44,"sourceCode":"\t\tconst definedMessage = convertedMessage as IMessage;\n\n\t\tconst sentMessage = await executeSendMessage(definedMessage.u._id, definedMessage);\n\t\treturn sentMessage._id;\n\t}\n\n\tprotected async getById(messageId: string, appId: string): Promise<IAppsMessage> {\n\t\tthis.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is getting the message: \"${messageId}\"`);\n\n\t\t// #TODO: #AppsEngineTypes - Remove explicit types and typecasts once the apps-engine definition/implementation mismatch is fixed.\n\t\tconst message: IAppsMessage | undefined = await this.orch.getConverters()?.get('messages').convertById(messageId);\n\t\treturn message as IAppsMessage;\n\t}\n\n\tprotected async update(message: IAppsMessage, appId: string): Promise<void> {\n\t\tthis.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is updating a message.`);\n\n\t\tif (!message.editor) {\n\t\t\tthrow new Error('Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.');\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t// #TODO: #AppsEngineTypes - Remove explicit types and typecasts once the apps-engine definition/implementation mismatch is fixed.\n\t\tconst msg = await this.orch.getConverters()?.get('messages').convertAppMessage(message, true);\n\t\tconst editor = await Users.findOneById(message.editor.id);\n\n\t\tif (!editor) {\n\t\t\tthrow new Error('Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.');\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tawait updateMessage(msg as IMessage, editor);\n\t}\n\n\tprotected async delete(message: IAppsMessage, user: IAppsUser, appId: string): Promise<void> {\n\t\tthis.orch.debugLog(`The App ${appId} is deleting a message.`);\n\n\t\tif (!message.id) {\n\t\t\tthrow new Error('Invalid message id');","sourceCodeStart":26,"sourceCodeEnd":62,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/blob/b2c16d5842cbe6b69b59bdf6fc5e5f1afcd1f0b0/apps/meteor/app/apps/server/bridges/messages.ts#L26-L62","documentation":"Error \"Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.\" thrown in RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at apps/meteor/app/apps/server/bridges/messages.ts:44 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Set message.editor to the user performing the update before calling the message update bridge method.","Ensure the app supplies a valid editor (IUser) on the message object it passes to update()."],"exampleFix":"Validate the editor user before updating the message: if (!editor || !editor._id) { throw new Error('Invalid editor assigned to the message for the update.'); }","handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"b2c16d5842cbe6b69b59bdf6fc5e5f1afcd1f0b0","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T15:26:39.429Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-18T15:26:39.429Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}