# Issue merging user accounts, web interace and rake console **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Tags:** merge-user\ **Created:** [February 2, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-merging-user-accounts-web-interace-and-rake-console/293938 "2024-02-02T17:12:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![cmahns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cmahns/32/329271_2.png) [@cmahns](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmahns)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-merging-user-accounts-web-interace-and-rake-console/293938/2 "2024-03-13T17:13:39Z")
Hate to bump this but still experiencing the same issue. Now getting a new Argument error after the rake aborted message though! Including the two usernames in this next error log just to see if it’s somehow the user’s name that’s the issue. > **Error log, from running rake users:merge** > > ````plaintext > # rake users:merge['n_stylo','nat1'] --trace > Plugin name is 'discourse-user-notes', but plugin directory is named 'discourse-staff-notes' > ** Invoke users:merge (first_time) > ** Invoke environment (first_time) > ** Execute environment > ** Execute users:merge > rake aborted! > ArgumentError: topic (ArgumentError) > > raise ArgumentError.new(arg) if self.instance_variable_get("@#{arg}").blank? > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > /var/www/discourse/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb:12:in `block in initialize' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb:11:in `each' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb:11:in `initialize' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/user_merger.rb:83:in `new' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/user_merger.rb:83:in `change_post_owner' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/user_merger.rb:71:in `block in move_posts' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/user_merger.rb:69:in `each' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/user_merger.rb:69:in `move_posts' > /var/www/discourse/app/services/user_merger.rb:14:in `merge!' > /var/www/discourse/lib/tasks/users.rake:57:in `block in
' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/task.rb:279:in `block in execute' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/task.rb:279:in `each' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/task.rb:279:in `execute' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/task.rb:219:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/task.rb:199:in `synchronize' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/task.rb:199:in `invoke_with_call_chain' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/task.rb:188:in `invoke' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:182:in `invoke_task' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:138:in `block (2 levels) in top_level' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:138:in `each' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:138:in `block in top_level' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:147:in `run_with_threads' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:132:in `top_level' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:83:in `block in run' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:208:in `standard_exception_handling' > /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.1.0/lib/rake/application.rb:80:in `run' > bin/rake:13:in `' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `load' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `kernel_load' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:23:in `run' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/cli.rb:451:in `exec' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:28:in `run' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:527:in `dispatch' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/cli.rb:34:in `dispatch' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:584:in `start' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/cli.rb:28:in `start' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/exe/bundle:28:in `block in ' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:117:in `with_friendly_errors' > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.5.3/exe/bundle:20:in `' > /usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `load' > /usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `
' > Tasks: TOP => users:merge``` > > ```` --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-merging-user-accounts-web-interace-and-rake-console/293938)._