paperclipai/paperclip · error

Parent issue not found

Error message

Parent issue not found

What it means

404 from issue creation. Fires when the request supplies a parentId whose issue cannot be found (or is not accessible), so the parent lookup returns null and the handler cannot attach the new child issue.

Solutions

1. Verify the id in the request path or body refers to an existing record in this company; re-list the parent collection to get a valid id.
2. Check that the record was not deleted or archived, and that the request is scoped to the correct companyId.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:8199 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/0233db5d945a2e1a. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:8820

    const result = await ensureArtifactReviewDocumentForWorkProduct({ issue, workProduct, actor });
    res.status(result.created ? 201 : 200).json(result.document);
  });

  router.post("/issues/:id/low-trust/promotions", validate(promoteLowTrustOutputSchema), async (req, res) => {
    const id = req.params.id as string;
    const issue = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, svc.getById(id), "Issue not found");
    if (!issue) return;
    if (!(await assertIssueReadAllowed(req, res, issue))) return;
    if (!(await assertAgentIssueMutationAllowed(req, res, issue))) return;
    if (!(await assertDeliverableMutationAllowedByRunContext(req, res, issue))) return;
    const actor = getActorInfo(req);
    if (await sourceTrustForActorWrite(issue, actor)) {
      res.status(403).json({ error: "Low-trust actors cannot promote quarantined output" });
      return;
    }
    const sourceTrust = await lookupLowTrustSourceArtifact({
      issueId: issue.id,
      artifactKind: req.body.sourceArtifactKind,
      artifactId: req.body.sourceArtifactId,
    });
    if (!sourceTrust) {
      res.status(404).json({ error: "Low-trust source artifact not found" });
      return;
    }
    if (!isLowTrustQuarantined(sourceTrust)) {
      res.status(422).json({ error: "Source artifact is not quarantined low-trust output" });
      return;
    }

    const promotedAt = new Date();
    const promotionTrust = buildPromotedSourceTrust({
      sourceIssueId: issue.id,
      sourceArtifactKind: req.body.sourceArtifactKind,
      sourceArtifactId: req.body.sourceArtifactId,
      promotedByActorType: actor.actorType,
      promotedByActorId: actor.actorId,

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