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Parameter "fullText" is no longer supported. Use method "man

Error message

Parameter "fullText" is no longer supported. Use method "maniphest.search" with the "query" constraint instead.

What it means

The frozen Conduit method 'maniphest.query' rejects any request containing a non-empty 'fullText' parameter. Full-text search was removed from ManiphestTaskQuery, so the old parameter is explicitly blocked instead of silently ignored. The exception points you at the replacement: the modern 'maniphest.search' endpoint with the 'query' constraint.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/maniphest/conduit/ManiphestQueryConduitAPIMethod.php:105

      $query->withAuthors($authors);
    }

    $projects = $request->getValue('projectPHIDs');
    if ($projects) {
      $query->withEdgeLogicPHIDs(
        PhabricatorProjectObjectHasProjectEdgeType::EDGECONST,
        PhabricatorQueryConstraint::OPERATOR_AND,
        $projects);
    }

    $ccs = $request->getValue('ccPHIDs');
    if ($ccs) {
      $query->withSubscribers($ccs);
    }

    $full_text = $request->getValue('fullText');
    if ($full_text) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Parameter "fullText" is no longer supported. Use method '.
          '"maniphest.search" with the "query" constraint instead.'));
    }

    $status = $request->getValue('status');
    if ($status) {
      $query->withStatus($status);
    }

    $order = $request->getValue('order');
    if ($order) {
      $query->setOrder($order);
    }

    $limit = $request->getValue('limit');
    if ($limit) {
      $query->setLimit($limit);

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Solutions

  1. Migrate the call to maniphest.search, passing the search string as the 'query' constraint: $params = array('query' => $full_text) plus the modern constraint/attachments/paging structure.
  2. Remove the 'fullText' key entirely if full-text filtering is no longer needed; the rest of maniphest.query (ids, phids, ownerPHIDs, status, order, limit, offset) still works.
  3. For richer filters (projects, statuses, owners), rebuild them as maniphest.search 'constraints' objects, since maniphest.query is frozen and will not regain full-text support.

Example fix

// before (old frozen method)
$result = $conduit->callMethodSynchronous('maniphest.query', array(
  'fullText' => 'crash on login',
  'status'   => 'open',
));

// after (modern method)
$result = $conduit->callMethodSynchronous('maniphest.search', array(
  'query' => 'crash on login',
  'constraints' => array(
    'statuses' => array('open'),
  ),
));
Defensive patterns

Strategy: fallback

Validate before calling

// Before calling maniphest.query, drop or migrate fullText
if (isset($params['fullText']) && $params['fullText'] !== '') {
  $params['query'] = $params['fullText'];
  unset($params['fullText']);
  // route to maniphest.search instead of maniphest.query
}

Try / catch

try {
  $result = $conduit->callMethodSynchronous('maniphest.query', $params);
} catch (ConduitClientException $e) {
  if (strpos($e->getMessage(), 'fullText') !== false) {
    // degrade: reissue as maniphest.search with 'query' constraint
    $result = $conduit->callMethodSynchronous('maniphest.search', array(
      'query' => $params['fullText'],
    ));
  } else {
    throw $e;
  }
}

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Calling conduit method maniphest.query with a non-empty 'fullText' key in the params dict (e.g. $parameters['fullText'] = 'crash on login'). Any value that passes the truthiness check in ManiphestQueryConduitAPIMethod::execute throws before any other filter is applied.

Common situations: Legacy scripts, Arcanist-based tools, or third-party integrations written against old Phabricator that did full-text task search via maniphest.query. After upgrading an instance to a version where fulltext was dropped from ManiphestTaskQuery, every search call that passes fullText starts failing immediately.

Related errors

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