paperclipai/paperclip · error

touchedByUserId=me requires board authentication

Error message

touchedByUserId=me requires board authentication

What it means

403 from the issue list route: the query used touchedByUserId=me, which requires a resolvable board user, but no such user context exists for the actor.

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:5828 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Authentication and authorization failures — expired tokens, bad credentials, and missing scopes.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@3f1d897a7c (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1cb6a6e03f08b128. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:7344

    }
    return resolved.agent.id;
  }
  function toValidTimestamp(value: Date | string | null | undefined) {
    if (!value) return null;
    const timestamp =
      value instanceof Date ? value.getTime() : new Date(value).getTime();
    return Number.isFinite(timestamp) ? timestamp : null;
  }

  function isQueuedIssueCommentForActiveRun(params: {
    comment: {
      authorAgentId?: string | null;
      createdAt?: Date | string | null;
    };
    activeRun: {
      agentId?: string | null;
      startedAt?: Date | string | null;
      createdAt?: Date | string | null;
    };
  }) {
    const activeRunStartedAtMs =
      toValidTimestamp(params.activeRun.startedAt) ??
      toValidTimestamp(params.activeRun.createdAt);
    const commentCreatedAtMs = toValidTimestamp(params.comment.createdAt);

    if (activeRunStartedAtMs === null || commentCreatedAtMs === null)
      return false;
    if (
      params.comment.authorAgentId &&
      params.comment.authorAgentId === params.activeRun.agentId
    )
      return false;
    return commentCreatedAtMs >= activeRunStartedAtMs;
  }
  async function getClosedIssueExecutionWorkspace(issue: {
    executionWorkspaceId?: string | null;

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