paperclipai/paperclip · error

Could not reopen the workspace for this issue. Please try ag

Error message

Could not reopen the workspace for this issue. Please try again.

What it means

Error surfaced when reopening the closed execution workspace attached to an issue fails unexpectedly (reopenClosedIsolatedExecutionWorkspaceForIssue did not produce a reopened/already-open outcome); the caller is told to retry.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:5629

      .select()
      .from(agentWakeupRequests)
      .where(and(
        eq(agentWakeupRequests.companyId, issue.companyId),
        eq(agentWakeupRequests.agentId, issue.assigneeAgentId),
        inArray(agentWakeupRequests.status, ["deferred_issue_execution", "queued"]),
      ))
      .orderBy(asc(agentWakeupRequests.requestedAt));

    for (const wake of rows) {
      if (
        readObject(wake.payload).issueId !== issue.id
        || queuedCommentIdsFromWakePayload(wake.payload).length === 0
      ) continue;
      if (wake.status === "deferred_issue_execution") {
        return { wake, state: "deferred", queueRun: null };
      }
      if (!wake.runId) continue;
      const queueRun = await executor
        .select()
        .from(heartbeatRuns)
        .where(and(
          eq(heartbeatRuns.id, wake.runId),
          eq(heartbeatRuns.companyId, issue.companyId),
          eq(heartbeatRuns.agentId, issue.assigneeAgentId),
          eq(heartbeatRuns.wakeupRequestId, wake.id),
          eq(heartbeatRuns.status, "queued"),
        ))
        .limit(1)
        .then((runRows) => runRows[0] ?? null);
      if (queueRun) return { wake, state: "queued", queueRun };
    }
    return null;
  }

  async function queueCommentsForWake(executor: IssueQueueDb, issueId: string, wake: IssueQueueWake | null) {
    const ids = queuedCommentIdsFromWakePayload(wake?.payload);

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Solutions

1. Correct the request so it satisfies the condition stated in the error message, then retry; see the throwing line in the named file for the exact check.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:5352 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@01ad858492 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/edc67c2785bde94e. Report an issue: GitHub.