directus/docs/reference/error-codes.md

Error Codes

Below is a listing of global error codes used within Directus, and what they mean.

Error Code	HTTP Status	Description
FAILED_VALIDATION	400	Validation for this particular item failed
FORBIDDEN	403	You are not allowed to do the current action
INVALID_CREDENTIALS	401	Username / password or access token is wrong
INVALID_IP	401	Your IP address isn't allow-listed to be used with this user
INVALID_OTP	401	Wrong OTP was provided
INVALID_PAYLOAD	400	Provided payload is invalid
INVALID_QUERY	400	The requested query parameters can not be used
REQUESTS_EXCEEDED	429	Hit the rate limit
ROUTE_NOT_FOUND	404	Endpoint does not exist
SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE	503	Could not use external service
UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY	422	You tried doing something illegal

::: warning Security

To prevent leaking which items exist, all actions for non-existing items will return a FORBIDDEN error.

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