paperclipai/paperclip · error

Issue follow-up requires an assigned agent

Error message

Issue follow-up requires an assigned agent

What it means

409 guard in assertExplicitResumeIntentAllowed: a follow-up was requested for an issue that has no assignee agent, so there is no agent to pick the work up.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:5232

        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");
    if (mode === "update" && !hasCreatedByRunId) return undefined;

    const requestedRunId = input.createdByRunId ?? null;
    if (req.actor.type === "agent") {
      const actorRunId = req.actor.runId?.trim() || null;
      if (requestedRunId && requestedRunId !== actorRunId) {
        res.status(403).json({ error: "createdByRunId must match the authenticated agent run" });
        return undefined;
      }
      if (!actorRunId) return requestedRunId;
      const run = await loadWorkProductRunAttribution(actorRunId);
      if (!run || run.companyId !== companyId || run.agentCompanyId !== companyId || run.agentId !== req.actor.agentId) {
        res.status(403).json({ error: "createdByRunId is not valid for this work product actor" });
        return undefined;
      }
      return actorRunId;
    }

    if (!requestedRunId) return null;

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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:5102 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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