{"record":{"id":"bbd7c7172fc44a8f","repo":"multica-ai/multica","slug":"issue-s-is-in-the-q-column-but-s-is-in-q-move","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"issue %s is in the %q column but %s is in %q; move one with `multica issue status` first, or pick a target in the same column","messagePattern":"issue (.+?) is in the %q column but (.+?) is in %q; move one with `multica issue status` first, or pick a target in the same column","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"server/cmd/multica/cmd_issue.go","lineNumber":1691,"sourceCode":"\t\t\tissueDisplayKey(issue),\n\t\t\tstrVal(issue, \"title\"),\n\t\t\tstrVal(issue, \"status\"),\n\t\t\tstrVal(issue, \"priority\"),\n\t\t}}\n\t\tcli.PrintTable(os.Stdout, headers, rows)\n\t\treturn nil\n\t}\n\treturn cli.PrintJSON(os.Stdout, issue)\n}\n\n// reorderTargetNotInColumnError explains why a --before/--after target could\n// not be used. It fetches the target only to report its actual column in the\n// message, so the common mistake (target lives in a different column) gets a\n// precise, actionable error instead of a bare \"not found\".\nfunc reorderTargetNotInColumnError(ctx context.Context, client *cli.APIClient, otherRef, issueRef resolvedID, status string) error {\n\tif other, err := fetchIssue(ctx, client, otherRef.ID); err == nil {\n\t\tif otherStatus := strVal(other, \"status\"); otherStatus != \"\" && otherStatus != status {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"issue %s is in the %q column but %s is in %q; move one with `multica issue status` first, or pick a target in the same column\", otherRef.Display, otherStatus, issueRef.Display, status)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"issue %s was not found in the %q column\", otherRef.Display, status)\n}\n\n// fetchIssue retrieves a single issue by canonical ID.\nfunc fetchIssue(ctx context.Context, client *cli.APIClient, id string) (map[string]any, error) {\n\tvar issue map[string]any\n\tif err := client.GetJSON(ctx, \"/api/issues/\"+url.PathEscape(id), &issue); err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err\n\t}\n\treturn issue, nil\n}\n\n// fetchIssueColumn returns every issue in a status column ordered by position\n// ascending, paginating through the list endpoint so columns larger than one\n// page (the server caps a page at 100) still produce a complete, correctly\n// ordered set. A non-empty projectID scopes the column to that project,","sourceCodeStart":1673,"sourceCodeEnd":1709,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/multica-ai/multica/blob/2c0912b6ec764b373d44eeea1e80f0d9f11ab417/server/cmd/multica/cmd_issue.go#L1673-L1709","documentation":"Error \"issue %s is in the %q column but %s is in %q; move one with `multica issue status` first, or pick a target in the same column\" thrown in multica-ai/multica.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_issue.go:1691 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Move one issue to the other's column with 'multica issue status' first, or pick a target in the same column."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"2c0912b6ec764b373d44eeea1e80f0d9f11ab417","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T13:25:18.241Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}