phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

You can not request changes to this revision because it has

Error message

You can not request changes to this revision because it has already been closed. You can only request changes to open revisions.

What it means

Error "You can not request changes to this revision because it has already been closed. You can only request changes to open revisions." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

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

  public function getCommandSummary() {
    return pht('Request changes to a revision.');
  }

  public function generateOldValue($object) {
    $actor = $this->getActor();
    return $this->isViewerFullyRejected($object, $actor);
  }

  public function applyExternalEffects($object, $value) {
    $status = DifferentialReviewerStatus::STATUS_REJECTED;
    $actor = $this->getActor();
    $this->applyReviewerEffect($object, $actor, $value, $status);
  }

  protected function validateAction($object, PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
    if ($object->isClosed()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'You can not request changes to this revision because it has '.
          'already been closed. You can only request changes to open '.
          'revisions.'));
    }

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

    if ($object->isDraft() || !$object->getShouldBroadcast()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht('You can not request changes to a draft revision.'));
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionRejectTransaction.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/82bb916a4714add5. Report an issue: GitHub.