phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

Specify a daemon unambiguously. Multiple daemons match '%s':

Error message

Specify a daemon unambiguously. Multiple daemons match '%s': %s.

What it means

Error "Specify a daemon unambiguously. Multiple daemons match '%s': %s." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:61

    foreach ($symbols as $symbol) {
      if (stripos($symbol, $substring) !== false) {
        if (strtolower($symbol) == strtolower($substring)) {
          $match = array($symbol);
          break;
        } else {
          $match[] = $symbol;
        }
      }
    }

    if (count($match) == 0) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          "No daemons match '%s'! Use '%s' for a list of available daemons.",
          $substring,
          'phd list'));
    } else if (count($match) > 1) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          "Specify a daemon unambiguously. Multiple daemons match '%s': %s.",
          $substring,
          implode(', ', $match)));
    }

    return head($match);
  }

  final protected function launchDaemons(
    array $daemons,
    $debug,
    $run_as_current_user = false) {

    // Convert any shorthand classnames like "taskmaster" into proper class
    // names.
    foreach ($daemons as $key => $daemon) {
      $class = $this->findDaemonClass($daemon['class']);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:61 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/7ccd8de43a1c194a. Report an issue: GitHub.