different-ai/openwork · error

Organization was created, but no slug was returned.

Error message

Organization was created, but no slug was returned.

What it means

organization-screen.tsx throws this when POST /v1/org succeeded (2xx) but the response body either has no `organization` object or that object has no string `slug`. This is a client-side contract check preventing navigation to an org route without a slug.

Source

Thrown at ee/apps/den-web/app/(den)/_components/organization-screen.tsx:124

    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;
      }

      router.push(getMarketplaceOnboardingRoute(nextSlug));
    } catch (err) {
      setCreateError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Failed to create organization.");
      setCreateBusy(false);
    }
  }

  function handleSwitch(slug: string) {
    router.push(getOrgDashboardRoute(slug));

View on GitHub (pinned to 2b7df46e8a)

Solutions

1. Log the raw create-org response to confirm the payload shape
2. Fix/upgrade the server so POST /v1/org returns `organization.slug`
3. Verify the org was actually created (it may exist server-side) before retrying to avoid duplicates
4. Add a server-side test asserting the create response contract

Example fix

// before
const nextSlug = typeof organization?.slug === "string" ? organization.slug : null;
if (!nextSlug) {
  throw new Error("Organization was created, but no slug was returned.");
}
// after
const nextSlug = typeof organization?.slug === "string" && organization.slug.length > 0 ? organization.slug : slugify(organization?.name ?? trimmed);
if (!nextSlug) {
  throw new Error("Organization was created, but no slug was returned.");
}

const payload = await res.json();
const slug = (payload as { organization?: { slug?: unknown } })?.organization?.slug;
if (typeof slug !== "string" || slug.length === 0) {
  console.warn("create-org response missing slug", payload);
}

function hasOrgSlug(p: unknown): p is { organization: { slug: string } } {
  const org = (p as { organization?: { slug?: unknown } } | null)?.organization;
  return typeof org?.slug === "string" && org.slug.length > 0;
}

try {
  const nextSlug = getCreatedOrgSlug(payload);
  if (!nextSlug) throw new Error("Organization was created, but no slug was returned.");
} catch (err) {
  await refreshOrgList(); // org may exist; recover by re-fetching instead of dead-ending
  showError("The organization was created but could not be opened. Reloading your organizations.");
}

When it happens

Trigger: Server returns 2xx for org creation but the payload shape is wrong: `{}` , `{ organization: null }`, or `{ organization: { name: "..." } }` with no `slug` string.

Common situations: API version skew (old server without slug in create response); server bug after a rename/migration where the slug column is null; response transformed by middleware that drops fields.

Related errors

• This install link returned incomplete setup details.
• Failed to load organizations.
• Failed to create organization.
• No OpenWork link was returned.
• Could not prepare an OpenWork link (${response.status}).

AI-assisted analysis of different-ai/openwork@2b7df46e8a (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c132909438d534fe. Report an issue: GitHub.