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"Value must be unique" error when maxDocs is reached
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Description
Describe the Bug
I'm not sure what the default behaviour is when the versions of a collection reach the maxDocs (20 in my case), but I'm getting the following errors:
"data": {
"id": 29,
"errors": [
{
"message": "Value must be unique",
"path": "id"
}
]
},
"isOperational": true,
"isPublic": false,
"status": 400,
"name": "ValidationError"
}
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Environment Info
Binaries:
Node: 20.10.0
npm: 10.2.3
Yarn: 1.22.22
pnpm: 9.13.2
Relevant Packages:
payload: 3.25.0
next: 15.2.0
@payloadcms/db-postgres: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/email-nodemailer: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/graphql: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/live-preview: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/live-preview-react: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/plugin-nested-docs: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/plugin-seo: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/richtext-lexical: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/storage-s3: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/translations: 3.25.0
@payloadcms/ui/shared: 3.25.0
react: 19.0.0
react-dom: 19.0.0
Operating System:
Platform: darwin
Arch: x64
Version: Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan 2 20:22:00 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_X86_64
Available memory (MB): 16384
Available CPU cores: 8
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Research direction
No source file, test, or reproduction is provided. Start by reproducing collection version behavior with maxDocs set to 20 in the listed Payload and Postgres environment, then trace the version-limit and unique-ID validation paths; done means the expected maxDocs behavior is established and the error is fixed or explained with a regression test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- nextjs, postgresql, typescript
- Domain
- backend, databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100