paperclipai/paperclip · error

Routine trigger not found

Error message

Routine trigger not found

What it means

Error "Routine trigger not found" thrown in paperclipai/paperclip.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/routines.ts:503

      entityType: "routine_trigger",
      entityId: created.trigger.id,
      details: { routineId: routine.id, kind: created.trigger.kind },
    });
    await logRoutineRevisionCreated(req, {
      companyId: routine.companyId,
      routineId: routine.id,
      revisionId: created.revision.id,
      revisionNumber: created.revision.revisionNumber,
      changeSummary: created.revision.changeSummary,
      triggerCount: created.revision.snapshot.triggers.length,
    });
    res.status(201).json(created);
  });

  router.patch("/routine-triggers/:id", validate(updateRoutineTriggerSchema), async (req, res) => {
    const trigger = await svc.getTrigger(req.params.id as string);
    if (!trigger) {
      res.status(404).json({ error: "Routine trigger not found" });
      return;
    }
    const routine = await assertCanManageExistingRoutine(req, trigger.routineId);
    if (!routine) {
      res.status(404).json({ error: "Routine trigger not found" });
      return;
    }
    await assertBoardCanAssignTasks(req, routine.companyId);
    const updated = await svc.updateTrigger(trigger.id, req.body, {
      agentId: req.actor.type === "agent" ? req.actor.agentId : null,
      userId: req.actor.type === "board" ? req.actor.userId ?? "board" : null,
      runId: req.actor.runId ?? null,
    });
    const actor = getActorInfo(req);
    await logActivity(db, {
      companyId: routine.companyId,
      actorType: actor.actorType,
      actorId: actor.actorId,

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Solutions

1. Verify the routine trigger id is correct.
2. List the routine's triggers to find the valid trigger id; it may have been deleted.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/routes/routines.ts:503 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: Returned when operating on a routine trigger id that does not exist for the routine/company.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@120ae5428f (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/71d9045799aee4e8. Report an issue: GitHub.