paperclipai/paperclip · error

Issue follow-up blocked by unresolved blockers

Error message

Issue follow-up blocked by unresolved blockers

What it means

409 guard in assertExplicitResumeIntentAllowed: the issue is blocked and its dependency readiness still lists unresolved blocker issues, so follow-up is refused until blockers resolve.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:5213

    if (!run) return true;
    if (!isStatusOnlyRecoveryContext(run.contextSnapshot)) return true;

    res.status(403).json({
      error: "Status-only recovery runs cannot create or modify approvals",
      details: {
        issueId: issue.id,
        runId: run.id,
        recoveryIntent: "status_only",
        resumeRequiresNormalModel: true,
      },
    });
    return false;
  }

  async function loadWorkProductRunAttribution(runId: string) {
    return await db
      .select({
        id: heartbeatRuns.id,
        companyId: heartbeatRuns.companyId,
        agentId: heartbeatRuns.agentId,
        agentCompanyId: agents.companyId,
      })
      .from(heartbeatRuns)
      .innerJoin(agents, eq(heartbeatRuns.agentId, agents.id))
      .where(eq(heartbeatRuns.id, runId))
      .then((rows) => rows[0] ?? null);
  }

  async function resolveWorkProductCreatedByRunId(
    req: Request,
    res: Response,
    companyId: string,
    input: { createdByRunId?: string | null },
    mode: "create" | "update",
  ): Promise<string | null | undefined> {
    const hasCreatedByRunId = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(input, "createdByRunId");

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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:5083 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/49a9daea8b05083d. Report an issue: GitHub.