phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

You can not reclaim this revision because it has not been ab

Error message

You can not reclaim this revision because it has not been abandoned. Only abandoned revisions can be reclaimed.

What it means

Error "You can not reclaim this revision because it has not been abandoned. Only abandoned revisions can be reclaimed." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionReclaimTransaction.php:64

    return pht('Reclaim a revision.');
  }

  public function generateOldValue($object) {
    return !$object->isAbandoned();
  }

  public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
    if ($object->getShouldBroadcast()) {
      $new_status = DifferentialRevisionStatus::NEEDS_REVIEW;
    } else {
      $new_status = DifferentialRevisionStatus::DRAFT;
    }
    $object->setModernRevisionStatus($new_status);
  }

  protected function validateAction($object, PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
    if (!$object->isAbandoned()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'You can not reclaim this revision because it has not been '.
          'abandoned. Only abandoned revisions can be reclaimed.'));
    }

    if (!$this->isViewerRevisionAuthor($object, $viewer)) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'You can not reclaim this revision because you are not the '.
          'revision author. You can only reclaim revisions you own.'));
    }
  }

  public function getTitle() {
    return pht(
      '%s reclaimed this revision.',
      $this->renderAuthor());
  }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionReclaimTransaction.php:64 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/d728df06c39f7b81. Report an issue: GitHub.