diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/editor/ManiphestTransactionEditor.php b/src/applications/maniphest/editor/ManiphestTransactionEditor.php
index fc908726d7..427a635b6b 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/editor/ManiphestTransactionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/editor/ManiphestTransactionEditor.php
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ final class ManiphestTransactionEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
     $phids = array_keys($phids);
 
     $handles = id(new PhabricatorObjectHandleData($phids))
+      ->setViewer($this->getActor())
       ->loadHandles();
 
     $view = new ManiphestTransactionDetailView();
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitHeraldWorker.php b/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitHeraldWorker.php
index b1178df5d6..694db8e7d7 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitHeraldWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitHeraldWorker.php
@@ -77,7 +77,13 @@ final class PhabricatorRepositoryCommitHeraldWorker
         $commit->getPHID(),
       ));
 
-    $handles = id(new PhabricatorObjectHandleData($phids))->loadHandles();
+    // TODO: This is complicated and needs to be sorted out properly for
+    // repository policy stuff. We might need an omniscient user here?
+    $viewer = new PhabricatorUser();
+
+    $handles = id(new PhabricatorObjectHandleData($phids))
+      ->setViewer($viewer)
+      ->loadHandles();
 
     $commit_handle = $handles[$commit->getPHID()];
     $commit_name = $commit_handle->getName();