Errors

Under this area you can quickly find all the errors your application generates. You will mostly find here errors related with APNS or GCM/FCM authentication, messages that coupld not be delivered and devices that no longer exist.

In any of your apps you'll find a menu item called Errors as follows:

If your application has generated errors you can find them in a list as the one below:

list

Because these errors are merely informative, you can at any moment clear this list by using the Options menu in the top right corner and clicking in Clear All:

options clear all

Below you'll find the list of possible errors for each platform:

Apple Push Notifications Errors

Common errors found when sending messages via APNS.

Error	Description
The collapse identifier exceeds the maximum allowed size	The system attempt to send a message that contained a collapse identifier bigger than what is allowed.
The specified device token was bad	The system tried to deliver a message to a device token that was malformed or was not registered for this environment. The device was deactivated. Possible solution: Confirm the built application targets a Notificare DEV or PROD app for Debug or Release builds, respectively. For more information check the troubleshooting guide.
The apns-expiration value is bad	The system attempt to send a message that contained an invalid `apns-expiration`.
The apns-id value is bad	The system attempt to send a message that contained an invalid `apns-expiration`.
The apns-priority value is bad	The system attempt to send a message that contained an invalid `apns-priority`.
The apns-topic was invalid	The system attempt to send a message that contained an invalid `apns-topic`.
The device token does not match the specified topic	The system tried to deliver a message to a device token that is not registered for this topic. The device was deactivated. Possible solution: Confirm the bundle identifier of the app matches the configured value in the Notificare APNS service.
One or more headers were repeated	The system attempt to send a message that contained duplicated headers.
Idle time out	The system was disconnected due to inactivity.
The device token is not specified in the request	The system attempt to send a message that did not contain a device token.
The apns-topic header of the request was not specified and was required	The system attempt to send a message that did not contain an `apns-topic`.
The message payload was empty	The system attempt to send a message that did not contain a payload.
Pushing to this topic is not allowed	The system attempt to send a message to a topic that does not allow messages.
The certificate was bad	The system attempt to send a message using an invalid certificate.
The client certificate was for the wrong environment	The system attempt to send a message using a certificate issued for a different environment.
The provider token is stale and a new token should be generated	The system attempt to send a message using a stale provider token and a new one was generated.
The specified action is not allowed	The system attempt to perform an invalid operation.
The provider token is not valid or the token signature could not be verified	The system attempt to send a message using an invalid provider token.
No provider certificate was used or no provider token was specified	The system attempt to send a message without a certificate or provider token.
The request contained a bad :path value	The system attempt to send a message that contained a bad `:path`.
The specified :method was not POST	The system attempt to send a message where `:method` was not POST.
The device token is inactive for the specified topic	The system tried to deliver a message to a device token that is no longer registered for this topic. The device was deactivated.
The message payload was too large	The system tried to deliver a message with a payload bigger than what is allowed.
The provider token is being updated too often	The system tried to update the provider token too often.
Too many requests were made consecutively to the same device token	The system tried to deliver too many messages for the same device token.
An internal server error occurred	The system received a internal server error when reaching APNS and could not process the message.
The service is unavailable	The system could not reach APNS and could not process the message.
The server is shutting down	The system received a shutdown error from APNS and could not process the message.
Unknown error	The system got an unknown error and could not process the message.

GCM/FCM Errors

Common errors found when sending messages via GCM/FCM.

Error	Description
GCM/FCM unavailable	The system failed to connect to GCM/FCM because the service is unavailable
Connection error	The system failed to connect to GCM/FCM due to a network error
Authentication error	The system failed to connect to GCM/FCM due to a wrong Server Key
Device is unavailable	The system tried to deliver a message but the device was not available at that time
Device is not registered	The system tried to deliver a message to a device token that was not registered for this app. The device was deactivated.
Unknown error	The system got an unknown error and could not process the message

Web Push Notifications Errors

Common errors found when sending web push notifications via GCM, Safari Web Push and VAPID.

Error	Description
Failed after retries	The system tried to deliver a message several time and failed to deliver it.
Device is not registered	The system tried to send a notification to a token that was not registered for this website. The device was deactivated.
Invalid payload or authentication mismatch	System could not connect to VAPID (probably wrong VAPID)
Authentication error	System could not connect to VAPID or GCM (most likely wrong VAPID or device auth key)
Unknown error	The system got an unknown error and could not process the message

Email Errors

Common errors found when sending email messages via our SMTP servers.

Error	Description
Insufficient email credit	The message could not be sent because there was not enough email credit on the account balance
Message rejected	The message could not be sent because of missing or invalid recipient
Service unavailable	The message could not be sent due to a temporary failure of the server
Error sending message	The message could not be sent for reasons other than the ones described here
Recipient was suppressed	The recipient's email address is on the suppression list because it has a recent history of producing hard bounces. The recipient was deactivated.
Recipient does not exist	The intended recipient's email provider sent a bounce message indicating that the email address doesn't exist. The recipient was deactivated.
Recipient not accepted	The recipient's email provider sent a hard bounce message, but didn't specify the reason for the hard bounce. The recipient was deactivated.
Message too large	The recipient's email provider sent a bounce message because message you sent was too large. You might be able to send a message to the same recipient if you reduce the size of the message.
Content rejected	The recipient's email provider sent a bounce message because the message contained an unacceptable attachment. For example, some email providers may reject messages with attachments of a certain file type, or messages with very large attachments. You might be able to send a message to the same recipient if you remove or change the content of the attachment.
Attachment rejected	The recipient's email provider sent a bounce message because the message you sent contains content that the provider doesn't allow. You might be able to send a message to the same recipient if you change the content of the message.
Reason unknown	The recipient's email provider sent a bounce message. The bounce message didn't contain enough information to determine the reason for the bounce.
Received complaint: Abuse	Indicates unsolicited email or some other kind of email abuse. The recipient was deactivated.
Received complaint: Auth-Failure	Email authentication failure report
Received complaint: Fraud	Indicates some kind of fraud or phishing activity. The recipient was deactivated.
Received complaint: Other	Indicates any other feedback that does not fit into other registered types. The recipient was deactivated.
Received complaint: Virus	Reports that a virus is found in the originating message
Sender domain not verified	The message could not be sent because the MX record required to use the specified sender domain could not be verified

SMS Errors

Common errors found when sending SMS messages via our system.