phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

Target "%s" is not a valid target to revoke credentials from

Error message

Target "%s" is not a valid target to revoke credentials from. Usually, revoke from "@username".

What it means

Error "Target "%s" is not a valid target to revoke credentials from. Usually, revoke from "@username"." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/auth/management/PhabricatorAuthManagementRevokeWorkflow.php:140

    if (!strlen($from) && !$is_everywhere) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          'Specify the target to revoke credentials from with "--from" or '.
          'specify "--everywhere".'));
    } else if (strlen($from) && $is_everywhere) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          'Specify the target to revoke credentials from with "--from" or '.
          'specify "--everywhere", but not both.'));
    } else if ($is_everywhere) {
      // Just carry the flag through.
    } else {
      $target = id(new PhabricatorObjectQuery())
        ->setViewer($viewer)
        ->withNames(array($from))
        ->executeOne();
      if (!$target) {
        throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
          pht(
            'Target "%s" is not a valid target to revoke credentials from. '.
            'Usually, revoke from "@username".',
            $from));
      }
    }

    if ($is_everywhere && !$is_force) {
      echo id(new PhutilConsoleBlock())
        ->addParagraph(
          pht(
          'You are destroying an entire class of credentials. This may be '.
          'very disruptive to users. You should normally do this only if '.
          'you suspect there has been a widespread compromise which may '.
          'have impacted everyone.'))
        ->drawConsoleString();

      $prompt = pht('Really destroy credentials everywhere?');

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/auth/management/PhabricatorAuthManagementRevokeWorkflow.php:140 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/110cd677defa907e. Report an issue: GitHub.