instructure/canvas-lms · error · GraphQL::ExecutionError

standard grade status not found

Error message

standard grade status not found

What it means

Raised by UpsertStandardGradeStatus when ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound escapes resolve — specifically when input[:id] is given but root_account.standard_grade_statuses.find_by!(id:..., status_name:...) matches no row. The rescue clause converts it to a GraphQL::ExecutionError.

Solutions

  1. Confirm both the id AND status_name exactly match an existing record (root_account.standard_grade_statuses.find_by(id: x, status_name: n))
  2. If the name changed, pass the current status_name — the lookup requires both to match
  3. Verify you are operating on the correct root account/shard
  4. Create the status without :id if it genuinely does not exist yet

Example fix

// before
updateStandardGradeStatus({ id: "7", name: "masterd", color: "#0F0" }) // typo'd name
// after
updateStandardGradeStatus({ id: "7", name: "mastery", color: "#0F0" }) // exact stored name
Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

const match = standardGradeStatuses.find(s => s.id === inputId && s.name === inputName)
if (!match) throw new Error('no status matches given id and name')

Try / catch

try {
  await client.mutate(UPSERT_STANDARD_GRADE_STATUS, { id, name, color })
} catch (e) {
  if (/standard grade status not found/.test(e.message)) {
    await refetchStatuses() // id/name mismatch or deleted
  } else throw e
}

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Providing input :id that does not exist on the domain root account, OR providing an id that exists but whose status_name does not match the name argument (find_by! requires both id and status_name to match), OR the record lives on a different shard.

Common situations: Renaming a status client-side then updating by an old name+id pair; id/name mismatch after someone renamed the status; wrong root account (multi-tenant); stale id after the status was deleted.

Understand the failure class

Background: Record Not Found Errors: "not found", RecordNotFound, and "was not found" — what they mean and how to fix them — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of instructure/canvas-lms@1c9f0bb801 (2026-09-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4c72f5a507ed79ac. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at app/graphql/mutations/upsert_standard_grade_status.rb:44

    def resolve(input:)
      raise GraphQL::ExecutionError, "custom gradebook statuses feature flag is disabled" unless Account.site_admin.feature_enabled?(:custom_gradebook_statuses)

      root_account = context[:domain_root_account]
      standard_grade_status = input[:id] ? root_account.standard_grade_statuses.find_by!(id: input[:id], status_name: input[:name]) : StandardGradeStatus.new(root_account:, status_name: input[:name])

      required_permission = standard_grade_status.new_record? ? :create : :update
      unless standard_grade_status.grants_right?(current_user, session, required_permission)
        raise GraphQL::ExecutionError, I18n.t("Insufficient permissions")
      end

      if standard_grade_status.update(color: input[:color])
        { standard_grade_status: }
      else
        errors_for(standard_grade_status)
      end
    rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
      raise GraphQL::ExecutionError, "standard grade status not found"
    end
  end
end

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