phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Verified email addresses can not be reassigned.

Error message

Verified email addresses can not be reassigned.

What it means

Error "Verified email addresses can not be reassigned." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:424

    if (!$user->getID()) {
      throw new Exception(pht('User has not been created yet!'));
    }

    if (!$email->getID()) {
      throw new Exception(pht('Email has not been created yet!'));
    }

    $user->openTransaction();
      $user->beginWriteLocking();

        $user->reload();
        $email->reload();

        $old_user = $email->getUserPHID();

        if ($old_user != $user->getPHID()) {
          if ($email->getIsVerified()) {
            throw new Exception(
              pht('Verified email addresses can not be reassigned.'));
          }
          if ($email->getIsPrimary()) {
            throw new Exception(
              pht('Primary email addresses can not be reassigned.'));
          }

          $email->setUserPHID($user->getPHID());
          $email->save();

          $log = PhabricatorUserLog::initializeNewLog(
            $actor,
            $user->getPHID(),
            PhabricatorReassignEmailUserLogType::LOGTYPE);
          $log->setNewValue($email->getAddress());
          $log->save();
        }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/people/editor/PhabricatorUserEditor.php:424 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/af6dd4ad30967da3. Report an issue: GitHub.