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.

Source

Thrown at server/src/services/tool-gateway.ts:1556

    errorCode?: string | null;
    errorMessage?: string | null;
    resultSummary?: string | null;
  }): Promise<void> {
    const [linked] = await db
      .select({
        companyId: toolActionRequests.companyId,
        interactionId: toolActionRequests.interactionId,
      })
      .from(toolActionRequests)
      .where(eq(toolActionRequests.id, input.actionRequestId))
      .limit(1);
    if (!linked?.interactionId) return;

    const [interaction] = await db
      .select({
        status: issueThreadInteractions.status,
        result: issueThreadInteractions.result,
      })
      .from(issueThreadInteractions)
      .where(and(
        eq(issueThreadInteractions.id, linked.interactionId),
        eq(issueThreadInteractions.companyId, linked.companyId),
      ))
      .limit(1);
    if (!interaction) return;

    const currentResult = interaction.result && typeof interaction.result === "object"
      ? interaction.result as unknown as Record<string, unknown>
      : null;
    const outcome = typeof currentResult?.outcome === "string"
      ? currentResult.outcome
      : interaction.status === "accepted"
        ? "accepted"
        : interaction.status === "rejected"
          ? "rejected"
          : interaction.status === "expired" || input.status === "expired"

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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@5716fe907e (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e31ddffad958cba4. Report an issue: GitHub.