phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Can't remove primary email!

Error message

Can't remove primary email!

What it means

Error "Can't remove primary email!" thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:238

    PhabricatorUserEmail $email) {

    $actor = $this->requireActor();

    if (!$user->getID()) {
      throw new Exception(pht('User has not been created yet!'));
    }
    if (!$email->getID()) {
      throw new Exception(pht('Email has not been created yet!'));
    }

    $user->openTransaction();
      $user->beginWriteLocking();

        $user->reload();
        $email->reload();

        if ($email->getIsPrimary()) {
          throw new Exception(pht("Can't remove primary email!"));
        }
        if ($email->getUserPHID() != $user->getPHID()) {
          throw new Exception(pht('Email not owned by user!'));
        }

        $destruction_engine = id(new PhabricatorDestructionEngine())
          ->setWaitToFinalizeDestruction(true)
          ->destroyObject($email);

        $log = PhabricatorUserLog::initializeNewLog(
          $actor,
          $user->getPHID(),
          PhabricatorRemoveEmailUserLogType::LOGTYPE);
        $log->setOldValue($email->getAddress());
        $log->save();

      $user->endWriteLocking();
    $user->saveTransaction();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:238 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/55d2baa959836507. Report an issue: GitHub.