plandex-ai/plandex · error

error getting invite for org user

Error message

error getting invite for org user

What it means

After determining the user is not a member, the server checks for a pending invite via db.GetActiveInviteByEmail(parsed.OrgId, user.Email); an error there logs 'error getting invite for org user' and returns HTTP 500 when raiseErr is true. A backend failure in the invite lookup, not an auth failure of the user.

Source

Thrown at app/server/handlers/auth_helpers.go:541

	// validate the org membership
	isMember, err := db.ValidateOrgMembership(authToken.UserId, parsed.OrgId)

	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("error validating org membership: %v\n", err)
		if raiseErr {
			http.Error(w, "error validating org membership", http.StatusInternalServerError)
		}
		return nil
	}

	if !isMember {
		// check if there's an invite for this user and accept it if so (adds the user to the org)
		invite, err := db.GetActiveInviteByEmail(parsed.OrgId, user.Email)

		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("error getting invite for org user: %v\n", err)
			if raiseErr {
				http.Error(w, "error getting invite for org user", http.StatusInternalServerError)
			}
			return nil
		}

		if invite != nil {
			log.Println("accepting invite")

			err := db.AcceptInvite(r.Context(), invite, authToken.UserId)

			if err != nil {
				log.Printf("error accepting invite: %v\n", err)
				if raiseErr {
					http.Error(w, "error accepting invite", http.StatusInternalServerError)
				}
				return nil
			}

		} else {

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Solutions

1. Check database health and inspect logs for the underlying GetActiveInviteByEmail error
2. Retry the request once the DB is healthy
3. Verify the invites schema matches the current application version
4. Confirm the user's email stored in DB is correct/normalized for invite lookup

if err := doCall(ctx); err != nil {
	var apiErr *APIError
	if errors.As(err, &apiErr) && apiErr.StatusCode == 500 && strings.Contains(apiErr.Message, "invite for org user") {
		return retryAfterDBRecovery(ctx) // transient DB failure on invite lookup
	}
	return err
}

When it happens

Trigger: Non-member user with an OrgId hits an org-scoped endpoint and the invites-table query fails (DB down, timeout, bad schema/query).

Common situations: Database outages; invites table missing/migrated; email-case mismatches causing query logic issues; connection-pool exhaustion under load.

Understand the failure class

Background: Database query failed: Internal Server Error 500s wrapping SQL, Prisma, and connection failures — what to check first — this error's family across 16 libraries.

Related errors

• error accepting invite
• error getting user
• error validating org membership
• error getting user permissions
• Error validating org membership:

AI-assisted analysis of plandex-ai/plandex@e2d772072e (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6322bba5341d5058. Report an issue: GitHub.