paperclipai/paperclip · error

reviewRequest requires an active review or approval stage

Error message

reviewRequest requires an active review or approval stage

What it means

422 on issue update. Fires when a reviewRequest is submitted but the issue has no active review stage and no pending approval stage, so there is nothing to route the review request against.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:10077

    });

    res.json({ ok: true });
  });

  router.post("/issues/:id/scheduled-retry/retry-now", async (req, res) => {
    assertBoard(req);
    const id = req.params.id as string;
    const issue = await getAccessibleResource(req, res, svc.getById(id), "Issue not found");
    if (!issue) return;

    const actor = getActorInfo(req);
    const result = await heartbeat.retryScheduledRetryNow({
      issueId: issue.id,
      actor: {
        actorType: actor.actorType,
        actorId: actor.actorId,
      },
    });

    await logActivity(db, {
      companyId: issue.companyId,
      actorType: actor.actorType,
      actorId: actor.actorId,
      action: "issue.scheduled_retry_retry_now",
      entityType: "issue",
      entityId: issue.id,
      agentId: result.scheduledRetry?.agentId ?? issue.assigneeAgentId ?? null,
      runId: result.scheduledRetry?.runId ?? null,
      details: {
        outcome: result.outcome,
        message: result.message,
        scheduledRetry: result.scheduledRetry,
      },
    });

    res.json(result);

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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:9396 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/7572a400b7b20fe9. Report an issue: GitHub.