portainer/portainer · error · httperror.HandlerError

Stack management is disabled for non-admin users

Error message

Stack management is disabled for non-admin users

What it means

Error "Stack management is disabled for non-admin users" thrown in portainer/portainer.

Source

Thrown at api/http/handler/stacks/stack_inspect.go:66

		return httperror.InternalServerError("Unable to retrieve info from request context", err)
	}

	endpoint, err := handler.DataStore.Endpoint().Endpoint(stack.EndpointID)
	if handler.DataStore.IsErrObjectNotFound(err) {
		if !securityContext.IsAdmin {
			return httperror.NotFound("Unable to find an environment with the specified identifier inside the database", err)
		}
	} else if err != nil {
		return httperror.InternalServerError("Unable to find an environment with the specified identifier inside the database", err)
	}

	canManage, err := handler.userCanManageStacks(securityContext, endpoint)
	if err != nil {
		return httperror.InternalServerError("Unable to verify user authorizations to validate stack deletion", err)
	}
	if !canManage {
		errMsg := "Stack management is disabled for non-admin users"
		return httperror.Forbidden(errMsg, errors.New(errMsg))
	}

	if endpoint != nil {
		err = handler.requestBouncer.AuthorizedEndpointOperation(r, endpoint)
		if err != nil {
			return httperror.Forbidden("Permission denied to access environment", err)
		}

		if stack.Type == portainer.DockerSwarmStack || stack.Type == portainer.DockerComposeStack {
			resourceControl, err := handler.DataStore.ResourceControl().ResourceControlByResourceIDAndType(stackutils.ResourceControlID(stack.EndpointID, stack.Name), portainer.StackResourceControl)
			if err != nil {
				return httperror.InternalServerError("Unable to retrieve a resource control associated to the stack", err)
			}

			access, err := handler.userCanAccessStack(securityContext, resourceControl)
			if err != nil {
				return httperror.InternalServerError("Unable to verify user authorizations to validate stack access", err)
			}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at api/http/handler/stacks/stack_inspect.go:66 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of portainer/portainer@17e74456ff (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/acb91945c825ba21. Report an issue: GitHub.