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.

Source

Thrown at server/src/routes/issues.ts:6134

      );
    }
    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 }) {
    if (!issue.executionWorkspaceId) return null;
    const workspace = await executionWorkspacesSvc.getById(issue.executionWorkspaceId);
    if (!workspace || !isClosedIsolatedExecutionWorkspace(workspace)) return null;
    return workspace;
  }

  // Reopen the closed isolated workspace that a guard found, so the request can

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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: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.

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