# Duplicate invite can raise cryptic messages
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [February 1, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739 "2017-02-01T20:05:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739/1 "2017-02-01T20:05:35Z")
To repo:
- Go to user profile → invites
- Invite user
- User accepts invite
- Try to invite user again
You are presented with the cryptic error: “You are not permitted to view the requested resource.”
Instead we should say:
> @xyz is already a member of the forum.
Or something along those lines.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739/2 "2017-02-01T21:24:02Z")
Can you add this to your list @techAPJ?
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739/3 "2017-02-03T09:02:20Z")
Fixed via:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/26ccf61ab187238ac2741f4b986279c532419de0](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/26ccf61ab187238ac2741f4b986279c532419de0)
This error was specific to non-staff users. Now the error message will be generic:
> Sorry, we couldn’t invite that person. Perhaps they have already been invited? (Invites are rate limited)
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739/4 "2017-02-03T09:02:24Z")