phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Unable to load object "%s" to receive message.

Error message

Unable to load object "%s" to receive message.

What it means

Error "Unable to load object "%s" to receive message." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/harbormaster/conduit/HarbormasterSendMessageConduitAPIMethod.php:538

        pht(
          'Call omits required "receiver" parameter. Specify the PHID '.
          'of the object you want to send a message to.'));
    }

    $message_type = $request->getValue('type');
    if ($message_type === null || !strlen($message_type)) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Call omits required "type" parameter. Specify the type of '.
          'message you want to send.'));
    }

    $receiver_object = id(new PhabricatorObjectQuery())
      ->setViewer($viewer)
      ->withNames(array($receiver_name))
      ->executeOne();
    if (!$receiver_object) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Unable to load object "%s" to receive message.',
          $receiver_name));
    }

    $is_target = ($receiver_object instanceof HarbormasterBuildTarget);
    if ($is_target) {
      return $this->sendToTarget($request, $message_type, $receiver_object);
    }

    if ($request->getValue('unit') !== null) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Call includes "unit" parameter. This parameter must be omitted '.
          'when the receiver is not a Build Target.'));
    }

    if ($request->getValue('lint') !== null) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/harbormaster/conduit/HarbormasterSendMessageConduitAPIMethod.php:538 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/1c54a0e81ce7c49a. Report an issue: GitHub.