phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

LDAP record query returned more than one result. The query m

Error message

LDAP record query returned more than one result. The query must uniquely identify a record.

What it means

Error "LDAP record query returned more than one result. The query must uniquely identify a record." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/auth/adapter/PhutilLDAPAuthAdapter.php:384

      $this->ldapConnection = $conn;
    }

    return $this->ldapConnection;
  }


  private function searchLDAPForRecord($dn) {
    $conn = $this->establishConnection();

    $results = $this->searchLDAP('%Q', $dn);

    if (!$results) {
      return null;
    }

    if (count($results) > 1) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'LDAP record query returned more than one result. The query must '.
          'uniquely identify a record.'));
    }

    return head($results);
  }

  public function searchLDAP($pattern /* ... */) {
    $args = func_get_args();
    $query = call_user_func_array('ldap_sprintf', $args);

    $conn = $this->establishConnection();

    $profiler = PhutilServiceProfiler::getInstance();
    $call_id = $profiler->beginServiceCall(
      array(
        'type'  => 'ldap',

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/auth/adapter/PhutilLDAPAuthAdapter.php:384 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/acb29abe4aa39425. Report an issue: GitHub.