phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Username is invalid! %s

Error message

Username is invalid! %s

What it means

Error "Username is invalid! %s" thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:48

      throw new Exception(pht('User has already been created!'));
    }

    $is_reassign = false;
    if ($email->getID()) {
      if ($allow_reassign) {
        if ($email->getIsPrimary()) {
          throw new Exception(
            pht('Primary email addresses can not be reassigned.'));
        }
        $is_reassign = true;
      } else {
        throw new Exception(pht('Email has already been created!'));
      }
    }

    if (!PhabricatorUser::validateUsername($user->getUsername())) {
      $valid = PhabricatorUser::describeValidUsername();
      throw new Exception(pht('Username is invalid! %s', $valid));
    }

    // Always set a new user's email address to primary.
    $email->setIsPrimary(1);

    // If the primary address is already verified, also set the verified flag
    // on the user themselves.
    if ($email->getIsVerified()) {
      $user->setIsEmailVerified(1);
    }

    $this->willAddEmail($email);

    $user->openTransaction();
      try {
        $user->save();
        $email->setUserPHID($user->getPHID());
        $email->save();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:48 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/139c03499bc1a07a. Report an issue: GitHub.