Error Submitting Dive Due to MotherDuck Organization Membership Requirement

·Jun 05, 2026 09:35 PM·

Hello, I recently signed up for the Divemaxxing challenge. I pushed my first Dive just now: https://app.motherduck.com/dives/the-salmon-run-columbia-basin-migration-atlas-82913312-339e-4924-a372-181d4996ee4a?s=5d515c8e Unfortunately when trying to submit here: https://motherduck.com/dive-gallery/submit/ I get the following error: You must belong to a MotherDuck organization to submit dives.

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Mehrab R.
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I can see I'm logged in, and I'm on the free trial at this moment. I can share the dive link, but I can't seem to submit to the gallery.
Tia M.
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Hey Mehrab, Thanks for sharing, I'm looking into this.
Mehrab R.
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Here's an update, made my DB with share permissions with link
Mehrab R.
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Now it can find my dive but I can't yet publish it
Tia M.
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Just to confirm, the database your Dive referencing is a share of the database and not the database itself?
Tia M.
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Also, how were you able to get around the error "You must belong to a MotherDuck organization to submit dives."?
Mehrab R.
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I updated the share rules of the dive's connected db to 'Anyone with the share link' and that passed the first issue
Tia M.
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Could you click the </> icon at the top of the Dive page, then look near the top of the file for a line like:
export const REQUIRED_DATABASES = [ { type: 'share', path: 'md:_share/your_share/<uuid>', alias: 'your_alias' } ];
And share with me the results.
Mehrab R.
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export const REQUIRED_DATABASES = [ { type: 'database', path: 'md:salmon_run', alias: 'salmon_run' } ];
Tia M.
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Okay, the Dive is referencing your database directly when it should reference the share of that database instead. Could you run LIST SHARES; to get the share URL? It should look something like md:_share/your_share/<uuid>. Then ask your agent to reference that share URL instead of the database itself.
Tia M.
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Let me know if that works.
Mehrab R.
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Gotcha, will let you know
Mehrab R.
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Asked the agent, it confirmed that all 4 references have been updated to use the share URL (md:_share/salmon_run/fa4f78cf-28b9-4d3a-94f8-d9247316f5f1) but the same issue above persists
Tia M.
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The same error message as before?
Mehrab R.
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Yes, 'couldn't validate this dive's databases for public sharing'

Mehrab R.
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I can see I'm logged in, and I'm on the free trial at this moment. I can share the dive link, but I can't seem to submit to the gallery.
Tia M.
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Hey Mehrab, Thanks for sharing, I'm looking into this.
Mehrab R.
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·
Here's an update, made my DB with share permissions with link
Mehrab R.
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·
Now it can find my dive but I can't yet publish it
Tia M.
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·
Just to confirm, the database your Dive referencing is a share of the database and not the database itself?
Tia M.
·
·
Also, how were you able to get around the error "You must belong to a MotherDuck organization to submit dives."?
Mehrab R.
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I updated the share rules of the dive's connected db to 'Anyone with the share link' and that passed the first issue
Tia M.
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Could you click the </> icon at the top of the Dive page, then look near the top of the file for a line like:
export const REQUIRED_DATABASES = [ { type: 'share', path: 'md:_share/your_share/<uuid>', alias: 'your_alias' } ];
And share with me the results.
Mehrab R.
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export const REQUIRED_DATABASES = [ { type: 'database', path: 'md:salmon_run', alias: 'salmon_run' } ];
Tia M.
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Okay, the Dive is referencing your database directly when it should reference the share of that database instead. Could you run LIST SHARES; to get the share URL? It should look something like md:_share/your_share/<uuid>. Then ask your agent to reference that share URL instead of the database itself.
Tia M.
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Let me know if that works.
Mehrab R.
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Gotcha, will let you know
Mehrab R.
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Asked the agent, it confirmed that all 4 references have been updated to use the share URL (md:_share/salmon_run/fa4f78cf-28b9-4d3a-94f8-d9247316f5f1) but the same issue above persists
Tia M.
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The same error message as before?
Mehrab R.
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Yes, 'couldn't validate this dive's databases for public sharing'