phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

You can not mark this comment as complete: you did not autho

Error message

You can not mark this comment as complete: you did not author the commit and the comment is not a draft you wrote.

What it means

Error "You can not mark this comment as complete: you did not author the commit and the comment is not a draft you wrote." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionInlineCommentController.php:79

      ->setViewer($viewer)
      ->withPHIDs(array($inline->getCommitPHID()))
      ->executeOne();
    if (!$commit) {
      throw new Exception(pht('Failed to load commit.'));
    }

    $owner_phid = $commit->getAuthorPHID();
    $viewer_phid = $viewer->getPHID();
    $viewer_is_owner = ($owner_phid && ($owner_phid == $viewer_phid));
    $viewer_is_author = ($viewer_phid == $inline->getAuthorPHID());
    $is_draft = $inline->isDraft();

    if ($viewer_is_owner) {
      // You can mark inlines on your own commits as "Done".
    } else if ($viewer_is_author && $is_draft) {
      // You can mark your own unsubmitted inlines as "Done".
    } else {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'You can not mark this comment as complete: you did not author '.
          'the commit and the comment is not a draft you wrote.'));
    }

    return $inline;
  }

  protected function canEditInlineComment(
    PhabricatorUser $viewer,
    PhabricatorAuditInlineComment $inline) {

    // Only the author may edit a comment.
    if ($inline->getAuthorPHID() != $viewer->getPHID()) {
      return false;
    }

    // Saved comments may not be edited.

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionInlineCommentController.php:79 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/d611b4fba9dea73e. Report an issue: GitHub.