different-ai/openwork · error

Failed to create organization.

Error message

Failed to create organization.

What it means

organization-screen.tsx throws this as the fallback message when `POST /v1/org` returns a non-ok status without a parseable error payload. The organization was not created, but the API gave no specific reason.

Solutions

1. Check the response status code in the network tab to identify the real cause
2. Retry with a different organization name if it is a duplicate (409)
3. Re-authenticate if the status is 401
4. Have the API return a JSON error body so getErrorMessage can surface the server's message

const name = trimmed;
if (!name || name.length > 64) {
  setError("Organization name must be 1-64 characters.");
  return;
}

function isOrgPayload(p: unknown): p is { organization: { slug: string } } {
  return typeof p === "object" && p !== null && "organization" in p && typeof (p as { organization: unknown }).organization === "object";
}

try {
  const { response, payload } = await requestJson("/v1/org", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify({ name }) });
  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(getErrorMessage(payload, "Failed to create organization."));
} catch (err) {
  if (isDuplicateOrgError(err)) setError("That organization name is taken. Try another.");
  else setError("Failed to create organization. Please try again.");
}

When it happens

Trigger: `requestJson("/v1/org", { method: "POST", body: ... })` responds with response.ok === false and no message in the payload — e.g. 409 duplicate name, 401 unauthorized, or 422 validation failure with empty body.

Common situations: User submits an org name that already exists (409); session expired mid-flow (401); server-side validation rejects the name with a non-JSON body; rate limiting (429) with empty response.

Understand the failure class

Background: "API request failed": what wrapped HTTP errors from external APIs mean and how to find the real cause — this error's family across 29 libraries.

Related errors

• Failed to load organizations.
• Could not prepare an OpenWork link
• Failed to create organization
• Failed to update profile
• Organization was created, but no slug was returned.

AI-assisted analysis of different-ai/openwork@2b7df46e8a (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c1e89a3c69122f55. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at ee/apps/den-web/app/(den)/_components/organization-screen.tsx:114

    e.preventDefault();
    if (isSingleOrgMode) {
      setCreateError("This deployment uses one managed organization.");
      return;
    }

    const trimmed = createName.trim();
    if (!trimmed) return;

    setCreateBusy(true);
    setCreateError(null);
    try {
      const { response, payload } = await requestJson("/v1/org", {
        method: "POST",
        body: JSON.stringify({ name: trimmed }),
      });

      if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error(getErrorMessage(payload, "Failed to create organization."));
      }

      const organization =
        typeof payload === "object" && payload && "organization" in payload && payload.organization && typeof payload.organization === "object"
          ? (payload.organization as { slug?: unknown })
          : null;
      const nextSlug = typeof organization?.slug === "string" ? organization.slug : null;

      if (!nextSlug) {
        throw new Error("Organization was created, but no slug was returned.");
      }

      const pendingIntent = normalizeAuthIntentParam(window.sessionStorage.getItem(PENDING_AUTH_INTENT_STORAGE_KEY));
      if (pendingIntent === "models") {
        window.sessionStorage.removeItem(PENDING_AUTH_INTENT_STORAGE_KEY);
        router.push(getInferenceRoute(nextSlug));
        return;
      }

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