hcengineering/platform · error · Error

Please select initial state:${_space}

Error message

Please select initial state:${_space}

What it means

Thrown in CreateApplication.svelte when `selectedState` is undefined at application creation time. An application must be placed into an initial state of the target vacancy/space, so the code refuses to proceed without one. The message includes the space name to help identify which project lacks a state selection.

Source

Thrown at plugins/recruit-resources/src/components/CreateApplication.svelte:119

    modifiedBy: '' as PersonId,
    startDate: null,
    dueDate: null,
    kind: '' as Ref<TaskType>,
    isDone: false
  }

  const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
  const client = getClient()
  const hierarchy = client.getHierarchy()
  fillDefaults(hierarchy, doc, recruit.class.Applicant)

  export function canClose (): boolean {
    return (preserveCandidate || _candidate === undefined) && assignee === undefined
  }

  async function createApplication (): Promise<void> {
    if (selectedState === undefined) {
      throw new Error(`Please select initial state:${_space}`)
    }
    const sequence = await client.findOne(core.class.Sequence, { attachedTo: recruit.class.Applicant })
    if (sequence === undefined) {
      throw new Error('sequence object not found')
    }
    if (kind === undefined) {
      throw new Error('kind is not specified')
    }

    const incResult = await client.update(sequence, { $inc: { sequence: 1 } }, true)

    const candidateInstance = await client.findOne(contact.class.Person, { _id: _candidate })
    if (candidateInstance === undefined) {
      throw new Error('contact not found')
    }

    const ops = client.apply(undefined, recruitId + '.Create.CreateApplication')

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Solutions

1. Select an initial state in the dialog before creating the application
2. Ensure the target space has default states configured (inherit states from project type)
3. Disable the create button until selectedState is defined
4. Catch the error and show a picker prompt instead of throwing

Example fix

// before
if (selectedState === undefined) {
  throw new Error(`Please select initial state:${_space}`)
}
// after
if (selectedState === undefined) {
  ui.notify(`Please select an initial state for ${_space}`)
  return
}

if (selectedState === undefined) {
  ui.notify(`Select an initial state for ${_space}`)
  return
}
await createApplication()

function hasState (state: Ref<DomainState> | undefined): state is Ref<DomainState> {
  return state !== undefined
}

try {
  await createApplication()
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof Error && err.message.startsWith('Please select initial state')) {
    ui.notify('Choose an initial state before creating the application.')
  } else throw err
}

When it happens

Trigger: User submits the CreateApplication dialog without choosing an initial state; the target space's states failed to load so the selector stays empty; state filter for the space returns no done-less states.

Common situations: New vacancy whose state machine was not set up; UI not blocking submit when state dropdown untouched; states not migrated for a copied/merged space.

Related errors

• Please select initial state:${_space}
• kind is not specified
• kind is not specified
• Failed to load server config
• getDisplayMedia not supported

AI-assisted analysis of hcengineering/platform@63e28dc964 (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/340c1980ebb1d660. Report an issue: GitHub.