theonedev/onedev · error · ExplicitException

"Criteria '" + ctx.operator.getText() + "' is not supported

Error message

"Criteria '" + ctx.operator.getText() + "' is not supported here"

What it means

During parsing of an operator-only criterion (e.g. Active, Inactive, CreatedByMe), CreatedByMe is only allowed when the query context supports current-user criteria. Otherwise an ExplicitException naming the unsupported operator is thrown. The default case catches any operator not valid without a value.

Source

Thrown at server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/search/entity/workspace/WorkspaceQuery.java:128

			parser.setErrorHandler(new BailErrorStrategy());
			QueryContext queryContext = parser.query();
			CriteriaContext criteriaContext = queryContext.criteria();
			Criteria<Workspace> workspaceCriteria;
			if (criteriaContext != null) {
				workspaceCriteria = new WorkspaceQueryBaseVisitor<Criteria<Workspace>>() {

					@Override
					public Criteria<Workspace> visitOperatorCriteria(OperatorCriteriaContext ctx) {
						switch (ctx.operator.getType()) {
						case Pending:
							return new PendingCriteria();
						case Active:
							return new ActiveCriteria();
						case Inactive:
							return new InactiveCriteria();
						case WorkspaceQueryLexer.CreatedByMe:
							if (!withCurrentUserCriteria)
								throw new ExplicitException("Criteria '" + ctx.operator.getText() + "' is not supported here");
							return new CreatedByMeCriteria();
						default:
							throw new ExplicitException("Unexpected operator: " + ctx.operator.getText());
						}
					}

					@Override
					public Criteria<Workspace> visitOperatorValueCriteria(OperatorValueCriteriaContext ctx) {
						var criterias = new ArrayList<Criteria<Workspace>>();
						for (var quoted : ctx.criteriaValue.Quoted()) {
							String value = getValue(quoted.getText());
							if (ctx.CreatedBy() != null)
								criterias.add(new CreatedByUserCriteria(getUser(value)));
							else if (ctx.RanOn() != null)
								criterias.add(new RanOnCriteria(value));
							else
								throw new ExplicitException("Unexpected operator: " + ctx.operator.getText());
						}

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Solutions

1. Replace 'created by me' with an explicit user criterion like 'created by "username"'.
2. Use the query only in a context with an authenticated current user.

Example fix

// before
created by me   // parsed without current-user context
// after
created by "john"

if (queryText.contains("created by me") && currentUser == null)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("'created by me' requires an authenticated user context");

try {
    var query = WorkspaceQuery.parse(queryText);
} catch (ExplicitException e) {
    // rewrite query without 'created by me' or report to user
}

When it happens

Trigger: A query like `created by me` parsed with withCurrentUserCriteria=false (e.g. parsed on behalf of anonymous/non-user context).

Common situations: Using 'created by me' in contexts where no current user exists, such as queries evaluated by agents or system jobs.

Understand the failure class

Background: UnsupportedOperationException and "is not supported" errors: when a library deliberately refuses a call — this error's family across 30 libraries.

Related errors

• "Unexpected operator: " + ctx.operator.getText()
• "Unexpected field: " + fieldName
• "Cannot order by field: " + fieldName
• "Field not found: " + fieldName
• Job name not available in match context

AI-assisted analysis of theonedev/onedev@d44925c47c (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a0c543b9afc41bd1. Report an issue: GitHub.