GetOrCreateChannel failed with error: "Cannot create a channel with a '!' in the ID, this is a reserved character.

[Advait1306]

I was testing my code to create channels and encountered this error. Note that I'm not sending an id explicitly while creating a channel, the documentation says that it will create one on its own.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a channel from a node js server.
2. Hard Delete the channel from get stream dashboard.
3. Try creating a channel with the same member & without restarting the server.

This issue seems to go away as soon as I restart my server.

Stack:

1. Flutter
2. Node js (firebase functions)

Code:

channel creation:

const channel = chatClient.channel("messaging", {
      members: members,
      created_by_id: "Matchmaker",
    });

await channel.create();

Error:

 code: 4,
 message: `GetOrCreateChannel failed with error: "Cannot create a channel with a '!' in the ID, this is a reserved character."`,
 StatusCode: 400,
 duration: '0.00ms',
 more_info: 'https://getstream.io/chat/docs/api_errors_response',
 details: []

[yaziine]

I was able to reproduce it, thank you for opening a ticket. I will let you know when it is fixed.

[Advait1306]

@yaziine any updates on this?

[JerryId]

I was reproduce it error after using

await channel.delete()

and Create or watch the same member
here my question about it

[andreaslydemann]

This is still an issue. When you delete a channel and create it again with the same members, you get this error. If you wait 30 minutes after deleting, then you can create it without issues.