paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

Issue has no assigned agent to wake

Error message

Issue has no assigned agent to wake

What it means

requestWakeup found the target issue has no assigneeAgentId. Waking an issue means nudging its assigned agent; with no assignee there is nothing to wake, so the request is rejected.

Source

Thrown at server/src/services/plugin-host-services.ts:2169

          ...(relationPairs ? { relations: Object.fromEntries(relationPairs) } : {}),
          ...(documentPairs ? { documents: Object.fromEntries(documentPairs) } : {}),
          ...(activeRuns ? { activeRuns } : {}),
          ...(assigneeRows
            ? {
                assignees: Object.fromEntries(assigneeRows.map((agent) => [
                  agent.id,
                  { ...agent, status: agent.status as Agent["status"] } as PluginIssueAssigneeSummary,
                ])),
              }
            : {}),
        };
      },
      async requestWakeup(params) {
        const companyId = ensureCompanyId(params.companyId);
        await ensurePluginAvailableForCompany(companyId);
        const issue = requireInCompany("Issue", await issues.getById(params.issueId), companyId);
        if (!issue.assigneeAgentId) {
          throw new Error("Issue has no assigned agent to wake");
        }
        if (["backlog", "done", "cancelled"].includes(issue.status)) {
          throw new Error(`Issue is not wakeable in status: ${issue.status}`);
        }
        const relations = await issues.getRelationSummaries(issue.id);
        const unresolvedBlockers = relations.blockedBy.filter((blocker) => blocker.status !== "done");
        if (unresolvedBlockers.length > 0) {
          throw new Error("Issue is blocked by unresolved blockers");
        }
        const budgetBlock = await budgets.getInvocationBlock(companyId, issue.assigneeAgentId, {
          issueId: issue.id,
          projectId: issue.projectId,
        });
        if (budgetBlock) {
          throw new Error(budgetBlock.reason);
        }
        const contextSource = params.contextSource ?? "plugin.issue.requestWakeup";
        const run = await heartbeat.wakeup(issue.assigneeAgentId, {

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Solutions

1. Assign an agent to the issue before requesting a wake; check the issue's assignee field and set it first if empty.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/services/plugin-host-services.ts:2160 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@a7e689b3c3 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/eb04a39aa98bb5dc. Report an issue: GitHub.