crater-invoice-inc/crater · error

Link Expired.

Error message

Link Expired.

What it means

The customer-side Estimate PDF endpoint aborts with HTTP 403 when the EmailLog record that carried the estimate link has passed its expiry window; the shared download link is no longer trusted, so the customer must request a fresh link from the company.

Solutions

1. Check $emailLog->isExpired() before rendering and return a friendly 403/JSON error page pointing the user to request a new link
2. Regenerate the EmailLog (and its hash) by re-sending the estimate email so the customer gets a valid URL
3. Extend the expiry window in EmailLog if links are expiring too aggressively for the business workflow

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at app/Http/Controllers/V1/Customer/EstimatePdfController.php:44 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of crater-invoice-inc/crater@05d5ce26fd (2026-09-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0465d9b27e8446cc. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at app/Http/Controllers/V1/Customer/EstimatePdfController.php:44

                    $estimate->company_id
                );

                if ($notifyEstimateViewed == 'YES') {
                    $data['estimate'] = Estimate::findOrFail($estimate->id)->toArray();
                    $data['user'] = Customer::find($estimate->customer_id)->toArray();
                    $notificationEmail = CompanySetting::getSetting(
                        'notification_email',
                        $estimate->company_id
                    );

                    \Mail::to($notificationEmail)->send(new EstimateViewedMail($data));
                }
            }

            return $estimate->getGeneratedPDFOrStream('estimate');
        }

        abort(403, 'Link Expired.');
    }

    public function getEstimate(EmailLog $emailLog)
    {
        $estimate = Estimate::find($emailLog->mailable_id);

        return new EstimateResource($estimate);
    }
}

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