{"record":{"id":"bb4d9421738464e7","repo":"plandex-ai/plandex","slug":"error-creating-account-v-bb4d94","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error creating account: %v","messagePattern":"error creating account: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"app/server/handlers/accounts.go","lineNumber":71,"sourceCode":"\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\tlog.Printf(\"Error validating email verification: %v\\n\", err)\n\t\t\thttp.Error(w, \"Error validating email verification: \"+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)\n\t\t\treturn\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tvar apiErr *shared.ApiError\n\tvar user *db.User\n\tvar userId string\n\tvar token string\n\tvar orgId string\n\n\terr = db.WithTx(r.Context(), \"create account\", func(tx *sqlx.Tx) error {\n\t\tres, err := db.CreateAccount(req.UserName, req.Email, emailVerificationId, tx)\n\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating account: %v\", err)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tuser = res.User\n\t\tuserId = user.Id\n\t\ttoken = res.Token\n\t\torgId = res.OrgId\n\n\t\t_, apiErr = hooks.ExecHook(hooks.CreateAccount, hooks.HookParams{\n\t\t\tAuth: &types.ServerAuth{\n\t\t\t\tUser:  user,\n\t\t\t\tOrgId: orgId,\n\t\t\t},\n\t\t})\n\n\t\treturn nil\n\t})\n\n\tif apiErr != nil {","sourceCodeStart":53,"sourceCodeEnd":89,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex/blob/e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5/app/server/handlers/accounts.go#L53-L89","documentation":"The create-account HTTP handler wraps any failure from db.CreateAccount inside its WithTx transaction with this message. It is an aggregate wrapper: the real cause (invalid email, duplicate user, DB failure) is nested inside the wrapped error text.","triggerScenarios":"A POST to the account-creation endpoint where CreateAccount fails — e.g. CreateUser returned invalid email or duplicate email, token/org creation failed, or the surrounding WithTx transaction was rolled back.","commonSituations":"Duplicate sign-up attempt (surfaces 'error creating account: user already exists for email: ...'), malformed sign-up payload, or database outage during registration.","solutions":["Read the full chained error text to find the root cause (the inner %v contains the db-level reason)","If the inner error says 'user already exists', direct the user to sign in instead (409)","Validate req.UserName and req.Email before invoking the handler logic","Check database health if the inner error is a connection/query failure","Retry only for transient inner errors; transaction rollback guarantees no partial account"],"exampleFix":"// before\nreturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating account: %v\", err)\n// after\nreturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating account: %w\", err) // unwrap to distinguish duplicate vs db failure","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"if req.UserName == \"\" || !validEmail(req.Email) {\n    http.Error(w, \"invalid name or email\", http.StatusBadRequest); return\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"if err := db.WithTx(r.Context(), \"create account\", func(tx *sqlx.Tx) error {\n    res, err := db.CreateAccount(req.UserName, req.Email, emailVerificationId, tx)\n    if err != nil {\n        if strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"user already exists\") { return errEmailTaken } // → 409\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"error creating account: %w\", err)\n    }\n    return nil\n}); err != nil {\n    if errors.Is(err, errEmailTaken) { http.Error(w, \"account exists\", http.StatusConflict); return }\n    http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)\n}","preventionTips":["Validate request payload before starting the transaction","Distinguish duplicate-account (409) from infra failures (5xx) by unwrapping the chained error","Keep WithTx transactions short to avoid aborted-tx cascades","Log the innermost cause, not just the wrapper"],"tags":["go","http-handler","transactions","account-creation"],"backgroundTag":"account-creation-failed","analyzedSha":"e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T22:17:10.623Z"}