medusajs/medusa · error · MedusaError

No request to add item for order ${input.order_id} in order

Error message

No request to add item for order ${input.order_id} in order change ${orderChange.id}

What it means

validateDraftOrderUpdateActionItemStep requires the given action_id to exist among the order change's actions; thrown when trying to update a draft-order add-item request whose action no longer exists on the change.

Source

Thrown at packages/core/core-flows/src/draft-order/steps/validate-draft-order-update-action-item.ts:55

 *   },
 *   orderChange: {
 *     id: "orch_123",
 *     // other order change details...
 *   }
 * })
 */
export const validateDraftOrderUpdateActionItemStep = createStep(
  "validate-draft-order-update-action-item",
  async function ({
    input,
    orderChange,
  }: ValidateDraftOrderUpdateActionItemStepInput) {
    const associatedAction = (orderChange.actions ?? []).find(
      (a) => a.id === input.action_id
    ) as OrderChangeActionDTO

    if (!associatedAction) {
      throw new MedusaError(
        MedusaError.Types.INVALID_DATA,
        `No request to add item for order ${input.order_id} in order change ${orderChange.id}`
      )
    }

    if (associatedAction.action !== ChangeActionType.ITEM_ADD) {
      throw new MedusaError(
        MedusaError.Types.INVALID_DATA,
        `Action ${associatedAction.id} is not adding an item`
      )
    }
  }
)

View on GitHub (pinned to 5e06e544a2)

Solutions

1. Re-fetch the pending order change and its ITEM_ADD actions; use a valid id
2. Ensure the draft order is still in a pending/unconfirmed change state
3. Refresh the client after confirmations

Example fix

// before
await updateDraftOrderUpdateItemActionWorkflow(container).run({ input: { order_id, action_id: staleId, data: { quantity: 3 } } })

// after
const action = pendingChange.actions.find((a) => a.id === wantedId && a.action === "ITEM_ADD")
if (action) {
  await updateDraftOrderUpdateItemActionWorkflow(container).run({ input: { order_id, action_id: action.id, data: { quantity: 3 } } })
}

const changes = await query.graph({ entity: "order_change", filters: { order_id }, fields: ["actions.id", "actions.action"] })
const action = changes.data[0]?.actions.find((a) => a.id === action_id && a.action === "ITEM_ADD")
if (!action) throw new Error("Stale action")

try { await workflow(scope).run({ input }) } catch (e) { if (/No request to add item/.test(e.message)) { /* refetch and reselect action */ } throw e }

When it happens

Trigger: Calling updateDraftOrderUpdateItemActionWorkflow (edit a pending 'add item' request) with an action_id absent from the current order change.

Common situations: Draft order confirmed so pending actions cleared; stale action id in the client; concurrent admin edits.

Related errors

• No item found for order ${input.order_id} in order change ${
• No shipping method found for order ${input.order_id} in orde
• A shipping method with id ${input.shipping_method_id} was no
• Action ${associatedAction.id} is not adding or updating an i
• Action ${associatedAction.id} is not adding an item

AI-assisted analysis of medusajs/medusa@5e06e544a2 (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9b8b21de6745163c. Report an issue: GitHub.