diff --git a/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts b/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
index d86280bb..a322077b 100644
--- a/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
+++ b/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ import {schema, SCHEMA_VERSION} from 'app/common/schema';
 import {MetaRowRecord, SingleCell} from 'app/common/TableData';
 import {TelemetryEvent, TelemetryMetadataByLevel} from 'app/common/Telemetry';
 import {FetchUrlOptions, UploadResult} from 'app/common/uploads';
-import {Document as APIDocument, DocReplacementOptions, DocState, DocStateComparison} from 'app/common/UserAPI';
+import {Document as APIDocument, DocReplacementOptions,
+        DocState, DocStateComparison, NEW_DOCUMENT_CODE} from 'app/common/UserAPI';
 import {convertFromColumn} from 'app/common/ValueConverter';
 import {guessColInfo} from 'app/common/ValueGuesser';
 import {parseUserAction} from 'app/common/ValueParser';
@@ -1574,17 +1575,22 @@ export class ActiveDoc extends EventEmitter {
     };
     const isShared = new Set<string>();
 
-    // Collect users the document is shared with.
     const userId = getDocSessionUserId(docSession);
     if (!userId) { throw new Error('Cannot determine user'); }
-    const db = this.getHomeDbManager();
-    if (db) {
-      const access = db.unwrapQueryResult(
-        await db.getDocAccess({userId, urlId: this.docName}, {
-          flatten: true, excludeUsersWithoutAccess: true,
-        }));
-      result.users = access.users;
-      result.users.forEach(user => isShared.add(normalizeEmail(user.email)));
+
+    const parsed = parseUrlId(this.docName);
+    // If this is not a temporary document (i.e. created by anonymous user).
+    if (parsed.trunkId !== NEW_DOCUMENT_CODE) {
+      // Collect users the document is shared with.
+      const db = this.getHomeDbManager();
+      if (db) {
+        const access = db.unwrapQueryResult(
+          await db.getDocAccess({userId, urlId: this.docName}, {
+            flatten: true, excludeUsersWithoutAccess: true,
+          }));
+        result.users = access.users;
+        result.users.forEach(user => isShared.add(normalizeEmail(user.email)));
+      }
     }
 
     // Collect users from user attribute tables. Omit duplicates with users the document is