paperclipai/paperclip · error · ToolGatewayHttpError

approval_request_missing

approval_request_missing

Error message

Approval request was not created

What it means

Consistency guard after the policy engine returned require_approval: the expected tool_action_requests row was never created. The invocation is set to denied with errorCode approval_request_missing, indicating an internal invariant break between the policy decision and action-request creation rather than a client input problem.

Solutions

1. Approval creation failed internally. Retry; if persistent, check server logs for the approval insert failure.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/services/tool-gateway.ts:1556 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@3f1d897a7c (2026-09-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e31ddffad958cba4. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at server/src/services/tool-gateway.ts:2230

          instructions:
            "This session is not attached to a task, so an approval card cannot be posted. Re-run this action from a run that has the task checked out.",
        },
      );
    }

    if (!input.actionRequest) {
      await db
        .update(toolInvocations)
        .set({
          status: "denied",
          errorCode: "approval_request_missing",
          errorMessage:
            "Approval-required policy decision did not create an action request",
          completedAt: new Date(),
          updatedAt: new Date(),
        })
        .where(eq(toolInvocations.id, input.invocation.id));
      throw new ToolGatewayHttpError(
        500,
        "Approval request was not created",
        "approval_request_missing",
        {
          invocationId: input.invocation.id,
          tool: input.tool.name,
        },
      );
    }
    const actionRequest = input.actionRequest;
    const expiresAt = new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 1000);

    let signedArguments: ReturnType<typeof signToolArguments>;
    try {
      signedArguments = signToolArguments({
        invocationId: input.invocation.id,
        toolName: input.tool.name,
        canonicalArguments,

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