paperclipai/paperclip · error

Only requesting agent can resubmit this approval

Error message

Only requesting agent can resubmit this approval

What it means

Error "Only requesting agent can resubmit this approval" thrown in paperclipai/paperclip.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/approvals.ts:471

        actorId: req.actor.userId ?? "board",
        action: "approval.revision_requested",
        entityType: "approval",
        entityId: approval.id,
        details: { type: approval.type },
      });

      res.json(redactApprovalPayload(approval));
    },
  );

  router.post("/approvals/:id/resubmit", validate(resubmitApprovalSchema), async (req, res) => {
    const id = req.params.id as string;
    const existing = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, svc.getById(id), "Approval not found");
    if (!existing) return;
    if (!(await assertApprovalMutationAllowedByRunContext(req, res, existing.companyId))) return;

    if (req.actor.type === "agent" && req.actor.agentId !== existing.requestedByAgentId) {
      res.status(403).json({ error: "Only requesting agent can resubmit this approval" });
      return;
    }

    const normalizedPayload = req.body.payload
      ? existing.type === "hire_agent"
        ? await secretsSvc.normalizeHireApprovalPayloadForPersistence(
            existing.companyId,
            req.body.payload,
            { strictMode: strictSecretsMode },
          )
        : req.body.payload
      : undefined;
    const approval = await svc.resubmit(id, normalizedPayload);
    const actor = getActorInfo(req);
    await logActivity(db, {
      companyId: approval.companyId,
      actorType: actor.actorType,
      actorId: actor.actorId,

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Solutions

1. Resubmit the approval using the requesting agent's own credentials.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/routes/approvals.ts:473 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/637601def18f3642. Report an issue: GitHub.