Invite Emergency Contact fails when grantee email is not already registered with an account #2272

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MrUnknownDE · 2026-04-06T03:16:40+02:00

MrUnknownDE commented

2026-04-06 03:16:40 +02:00

Originally created by @tam1m on 12/16/2021

Subject of the issue

When inviting an emergency contact, the invite fails with
Webinterface:

An error has occurred.
Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com.

Docker log:

vaultwarden                  | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.262][request][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite
vaultwarden                  | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][vaultwarden::api::core::emergency_access][ERROR] Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com
vaultwarden                  | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][response][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite (send_invite) => 400 Bad Request

This is not how it is supposed to work as the webinterface states that If they do not have a Bitwarden account already, they will be prompted to create a new account.

Deployment environment

Your environment (Generated via diagnostics page)

Vaultwarden version: v1.23.1
Web-vault version: v2.25.0
Running within Docker: true (Base: Debian)
Environment settings overridden: false
Uses a reverse proxy: false
Internet access: true
Internet access via a proxy: false
DNS Check: true
Time Check: true
Domain Configuration Check: false
HTTPS Check: true
Database type: SQLite
Database version: 3.35.4
Clients used:
Reverse proxy and version:
Other relevant information:

Config (Generated via diagnostics page)

Show Running Config

Environment settings which are overridden:

{
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  "_enable_duo": false,
  "_enable_email_2fa": true,
  "_enable_smtp": true,
  "_enable_yubico": true,
  "_ip_header_enabled": true,
  "admin_token": "***",
  "allowed_iframe_ancestors": "",
  "attachments_folder": "data/attachments",
  "authenticator_disable_time_drift": false,
  "data_folder": "data",
  "database_max_conns": 10,
  "database_url": "****/**.*******",
  "db_connection_retries": 15,
  "disable_2fa_remember": false,
  "disable_admin_token": false,
  "disable_icon_download": false,
  "domain": "*****://**.********.**",
  "domain_origin": "*****://**.********.**",
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  "emergency_access_allowed": true,
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  "emergency_request_timeout_schedule": "0 5 * * * *",
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  "helo_name": null,
  "hibp_api_key": null,
  "icon_blacklist_non_global_ips": true,
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  "icon_download_timeout": 10,
  "incomplete_2fa_schedule": "30 * * * * *",
  "incomplete_2fa_time_limit": 3,
  "invitation_org_name": "vw.baschour.de",
  "invitations_allowed": true,
  "ip_header": "CF-Connecting-IP",
  "job_poll_interval_ms": 30000,
  "log_file": "/data/vaultwarden.log",
  "log_level": "Info",
  "log_timestamp_format": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f",
  "org_attachment_limit": 2000000,
  "org_creation_users": "",
  "password_iterations": 100000,
  "reload_templates": false,
  "require_device_email": false,
  "rsa_key_filename": "data/rsa_key",
  "send_purge_schedule": "0 5 * * * *",
  "sends_allowed": true,
  "sends_folder": "data/sends",
  "show_password_hint": true,
  "signups_allowed": false,
  "signups_domains_whitelist": "",
  "signups_verify": true,
  "signups_verify_resend_limit": 6,
  "signups_verify_resend_time": 3600,
  "smtp_accept_invalid_certs": false,
  "smtp_accept_invalid_hostnames": false,
  "smtp_auth_mechanism": null,
  "smtp_debug": false,
  "smtp_explicit_tls": false,
  "smtp_from": "**@**.********.**",
  "smtp_from_name": "Vaultwarden VPS",
  "smtp_host": "****.*****.***",
  "smtp_password": "***",
  "smtp_port": 587,
  "smtp_ssl": true,
  "smtp_timeout": 15,
  "smtp_username": "*.********@*****.***",
  "templates_folder": "data/templates",
  "trash_auto_delete_days": null,
  "trash_purge_schedule": "0 5 0 * * *",
  "use_syslog": false,
  "user_attachment_limit": 2000000,
  "web_vault_enabled": true,
  "web_vault_folder": "web-vault/",
  "websocket_address": "0.0.0.0",
  "websocket_enabled": true,
  "websocket_port": 3012,
  "yubico_client_id": null,
  "yubico_secret_key": null,
  "yubico_server": null
}

Steps to reproduce

Add emergency contact via webinterface, where the grantees email, is not already registered with an account

Expected behaviour

Vaultwarden sends an email invitation to the grantees email address. Same behaviour as invite to organization

Actual behaviour

Vaultwarden gives the following error message

Webinterface:

An error has occurred.
Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com.

Docker log:

vaultwarden                  | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.262][request][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite
vaultwarden                  | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][vaultwarden::api::core::emergency_access][ERROR] Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com
vaultwarden                  | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][response][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite (send_invite) => 400 Bad Request

*Originally created by @tam1m on 12/16/2021*   ### Subject of the issue When inviting an emergency contact, the invite fails with Webinterface: ``` An error has occurred. Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com. ``` Docker log: ``` vaultwarden | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.262][request][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite vaultwarden | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][vaultwarden::api::core::emergency_access][ERROR] Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com vaultwarden | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][response][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite (send_invite) => 400 Bad Request ``` This is not how it is supposed to work as the webinterface states that `If they do not have a Bitwarden account already, they will be prompted to create a new account.` ### Deployment environment     ### Your environment (Generated via diagnostics page) * Vaultwarden version: v1.23.1 * Web-vault version: v2.25.0 * Running within Docker: true (Base: Debian) * Environment settings overridden: false * Uses a reverse proxy: false * Internet access: true * Internet access via a proxy: false * DNS Check: true * Time Check: true * Domain Configuration Check: false * HTTPS Check: true * Database type: SQLite * Database version: 3.35.4 * Clients used: * Reverse proxy and version: * Other relevant information: ### Config (Generated via diagnostics page) <details><summary>Show Running Config</summary> **Environment settings which are overridden:** ```json { "_duo_akey": null, "_enable_duo": false, "_enable_email_2fa": true, "_enable_smtp": true, "_enable_yubico": true, "_ip_header_enabled": true, "admin_token": "***", "allowed_iframe_ancestors": "", "attachments_folder": "data/attachments", "authenticator_disable_time_drift": false, "data_folder": "data", "database_max_conns": 10, "database_url": "****/**.*******", "db_connection_retries": 15, "disable_2fa_remember": false, "disable_admin_token": false, "disable_icon_download": false, "domain": "*****://**.********.**", "domain_origin": "*****://**.********.**", "domain_path": "", "domain_set": true, "duo_host": null, "duo_ikey": null, "duo_skey": null, "email_attempts_limit": 3, "email_expiration_time": 600, "email_token_size": 6, "emergency_access_allowed": true, "emergency_notification_reminder_schedule": "0 5 * * * *", "emergency_request_timeout_schedule": "0 5 * * * *", "enable_db_wal": true, "extended_logging": true, "helo_name": null, "hibp_api_key": null, "icon_blacklist_non_global_ips": true, "icon_blacklist_regex": null, "icon_cache_folder": "data/icon_cache", "icon_cache_negttl": 259200, "icon_cache_ttl": 2592000, "icon_download_timeout": 10, "incomplete_2fa_schedule": "30 * * * * *", "incomplete_2fa_time_limit": 3, "invitation_org_name": "vw.baschour.de", "invitations_allowed": true, "ip_header": "CF-Connecting-IP", "job_poll_interval_ms": 30000, "log_file": "/data/vaultwarden.log", "log_level": "Info", "log_timestamp_format": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f", "org_attachment_limit": 2000000, "org_creation_users": "", "password_iterations": 100000, "reload_templates": false, "require_device_email": false, "rsa_key_filename": "data/rsa_key", "send_purge_schedule": "0 5 * * * *", "sends_allowed": true, "sends_folder": "data/sends", "show_password_hint": true, "signups_allowed": false, "signups_domains_whitelist": "", "signups_verify": true, "signups_verify_resend_limit": 6, "signups_verify_resend_time": 3600, "smtp_accept_invalid_certs": false, "smtp_accept_invalid_hostnames": false, "smtp_auth_mechanism": null, "smtp_debug": false, "smtp_explicit_tls": false, "smtp_from": "**@**.********.**", "smtp_from_name": "Vaultwarden VPS", "smtp_host": "****.*****.***", "smtp_password": "***", "smtp_port": 587, "smtp_ssl": true, "smtp_timeout": 15, "smtp_username": "*.********@*****.***", "templates_folder": "data/templates", "trash_auto_delete_days": null, "trash_purge_schedule": "0 5 0 * * *", "use_syslog": false, "user_attachment_limit": 2000000, "web_vault_enabled": true, "web_vault_folder": "web-vault/", "websocket_address": "0.0.0.0", "websocket_enabled": true, "websocket_port": 3012, "yubico_client_id": null, "yubico_secret_key": null, "yubico_server": null } ``` </details> ### Steps to reproduce  Add emergency contact via webinterface, where the grantees email, is not already registered with an account ### Expected behaviour  Vaultwarden sends an email invitation to the grantees email address. Same behaviour as invite to organization ### Actual behaviour  Vaultwarden gives the following error message Webinterface: ``` An error has occurred. Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com. ``` Docker log: ``` vaultwarden | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.262][request][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite vaultwarden | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][vaultwarden::api::core::emergency_access][ERROR] Grantee user does not exist: grantee@email.com vaultwarden | [2021-12-16 17:25:36.264][response][INFO] POST /api/emergency-access/invite (send_invite) => 400 Bad Request ```

MrUnknownDE closed this issue

2026-04-06 03:16:41 +02:00

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Reference: github/vaultwarden#2272