phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

No such object "%s"!

Error message

No such object "%s"!

What it means

validateObject() in the token editor verifies the target object PHID with a PhabricatorObjectQuery scoped to the acting user. A failed load means the PHID does not exist or is not visible to the actor, so a token cannot be given for it.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/tokens/editor/PhabricatorTokenGivenEditor.php:166

      ->setViewer($this->requireActor())
      ->withPHIDs(array($token_phid))
      ->executeOne();

    if (!$token) {
      throw new Exception(pht('No such token "%s"!', $token_phid));
    }

    return $token;
  }

  private function validateObject($object_phid) {
    $object = id(new PhabricatorObjectQuery())
      ->setViewer($this->requireActor())
      ->withPHIDs(array($object_phid))
      ->executeOne();

    if (!$object) {
      throw new Exception(pht('No such object "%s"!', $object_phid));
    }

    return $object;
  }

  private function loadCurrentToken(PhabricatorTokenReceiverInterface $object) {
    return id(new PhabricatorTokenGiven())->loadOneWhere(
      'authorPHID = %s AND objectPHID = %s',
      $this->requireActor()->getPHID(),
      $object->getPHID());
  }


  private function publishTransaction(
    PhabricatorTokenReceiverInterface $object,
    $old_token_phid,
    $new_token_phid) {

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Solutions

1. Verify the PHID resolves for the acting user before awarding the token
2. Refresh the object reference on the client and retry with the current PHID
3. Run as a viewer who can see the object if policies are the cause

Example fix

// before: awarding with a stale object PHID
$editor->giveTokenTo('PHID-TASK-gone', $token_phid);

// after: verify the target resolves first
$object = id(new PhabricatorObjectQuery())
  ->setViewer($actor)
  ->withPHIDs(array($object_phid))
  ->executeOne();
if ($object) {
  $editor->giveTokenTo($object->getPHID(), $token_phid);
}

$object = id(new PhabricatorObjectQuery())
  ->setViewer($actor)
  ->withPHIDs(array($object_phid))
  ->executeOne();
if (!$object) {
  // stale or invisible target; refresh the reference instead of giving a token
}

Catch Exception from the editor, verify the target PHID with PhabricatorObjectQuery as the acting viewer, and only retry when the object resolves.

When it happens

Trigger: Giving a token to a PHID that is deleted, malformed, or hidden from the acting user by view policies.

Common situations: Pages or clients holding references to deleted objects; automated reaction clients posting old PHIDs; policy changes that revoked visibility of the target.

Related errors

• No such token "%s"!
• No public key exists with ID "%s".
• Service "%s" does not exist or could not be loaded!
• Unable to load Calendar import with ID "%s".
• ERR_NOT_FOUND

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fccd99dd523c4ee7. Report an issue: GitHub.