Task-watchdog product bug evidence issue is outside the watc

Error message

Task-watchdog product bug evidence issue is outside the watchdog company

What it means

403 from the watchdog product-bug follow-up guard: the evidence issue linked to the follow-up does not belong to the watchdog's company, violating the containment requirement.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:4977

  async function blockWatchdogParentOnCurrentChild(input: {
    actor: ReturnType<typeof getActorInfo>;
    watchdogParentIssueId: string | null | undefined;
    currentChildIssueId: string | null | undefined;
  }) {
    if (!input.watchdogParentIssueId || !input.currentChildIssueId) return;
    const watchdogParent = await svc.getById(input.watchdogParentIssueId);
    if (!watchdogParent || watchdogParent.originKind !== TASK_WATCHDOG_ORIGIN_KIND) return;
    if (watchdogParent.status !== "in_progress" && watchdogParent.status !== "blocked") return;

    const relations = await svc.getRelationSummaries(watchdogParent.id);
    const nextBlockedByIssueIds = mergeIssueBlockerIds(
      relations.blockedBy?.map((relation) => relation.id) ?? [],
      input.currentChildIssueId,
    );
    await svc.update(watchdogParent.id, {
      status: "blocked",
      blockedByIssueIds: nextBlockedByIssueIds,
      actorAgentId: input.actor.agentId,
      actorUserId: input.actor.actorType === "user" ? input.actor.actorId : null,
    });
    await logActivity(db, {
      companyId: watchdogParent.companyId,
      actorType: input.actor.actorType,
      actorId: input.actor.actorId,
      agentId: input.actor.agentId,
      runId: input.actor.runId,
      agentApiKeyId: input.actor.agentApiKeyId,
      action: "issue.task_watchdog_followups_serialized",
      entityType: "issue",
      entityId: watchdogParent.id,
      details: {
        watchdogParentIssueId: watchdogParent.id,
        currentChildIssueId: input.currentChildIssueId,
        blockedByIssueIds: nextBlockedByIssueIds,
      },

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Solutions

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.

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:4813 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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