multica-ai/multica · error

select properties require at least one option

Error message

select properties require at least one option

What it means

Error "select properties require at least one option" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/internal/handler/property.go:247

func propertyTypeHasOptions(t string) bool {
	return t == "select" || t == "multi_select"
}

// validatePropertyConfig canonicalizes the config for storage. Select-type
// properties require 1..50 options; each option gets a stable server-assigned
// UUID if the caller didn't provide one (values reference option IDs, so
// option renames never touch issue rows). Non-select types must not carry
// options and are stored as {}.
func validatePropertyConfig(propType string, cfg *PropertyConfig) ([]byte, error) {
	if !propertyTypeHasOptions(propType) {
		if cfg != nil && len(cfg.Options) > 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("type %q does not accept options", propType)
		}
		return []byte(`{}`), nil
	}
	if cfg == nil || len(cfg.Options) == 0 {
		return nil, errors.New("select properties require at least one option")
	}
	if len(cfg.Options) > maxPropertySelectOptions {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("a property cannot have more than %d options", maxPropertySelectOptions)
	}
	seenIDs := make(map[string]struct{}, len(cfg.Options))
	seenNames := make(map[string]struct{}, len(cfg.Options))
	out := PropertyConfig{Options: make([]PropertyOption, 0, len(cfg.Options))}
	for _, opt := range cfg.Options {
		name, err := validateLabelName(opt.Name)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("option %w", err)
		}
		lower := strings.ToLower(name)
		if _, dup := seenNames[lower]; dup {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("duplicate option name %q", name)
		}
		seenNames[lower] = struct{}{}
		color, err := normalizeColor(opt.Color)

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Solutions

1. Add at least one option to the select property before saving.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/internal/handler/property.go:247 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/e596013faff617f1. Report an issue: GitHub.