multica-ai/multica · error

failed to resolve assignee: %s

Error message

failed to resolve assignee: %s

What it means

Error "failed to resolve assignee: %s" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_issue.go:2654

		if err := getAssigneeJSON(ctx, client, "/api/squads", &squads); err != nil {
			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("fetch squads: %w", err))
		} else {
			for _, s := range squads {
				if strVal(s, "archived_at") != "" {
					continue
				}
				classify("squad", strVal(s, "id"), strVal(s, "name"))
			}
		}
	}

	// If every fetch failed, report the errors instead of a misleading "not found".
	if fetchAttempts > 0 && len(errs) == fetchAttempts {
		msgs := make([]string, len(errs))
		for i, e := range errs {
			msgs[i] = e.Error()
		}
		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve assignee: %s", strings.Join(msgs, "; "))
	}

	for _, bucket := range [][]assigneeMatch{idMatches, exactMatches, substringMatches} {
		switch len(bucket) {
		case 0:
			continue
		case 1:
			return bucket[0].Type, bucket[0].ID, nil
		default:
			return "", "", ambiguousAssigneeError(input, bucket)
		}
	}
	return "", "", fmt.Errorf("no %s found matching %q", kinds.describe(), input)
}

func normalizeAssigneeLookupInput(raw string) string {
	input := strings.TrimSpace(raw)
	if m := util.MentionRe.FindStringSubmatch(input); len(m) == 4 && m[0] == input {

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Solutions

1. Verify the assignee name or ID and workspace context.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_issue.go:2654 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of multica-ai/multica@2c0912b6ec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/17e2048fcce72a63. Report an issue: GitHub.