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# Error codes

# Groups API Error Codes and Troubleshooting

Updated: Oct 31, 2025

## Error Codes

| Code                                                                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                              | HTTP Status Code                   |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `131020`<br />Bad Group                                               | Cannot send messages to single member groups.                                                                                                                                            | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131041`<br />Group unknown                                           | The group was not found, either because it doesn’t exist or you are not a member.                                                                                                        | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131059`<br />Invalid cursor                                          | The cursor has either expired or become corrupted. Start pagination from the beginning again.                                                                                            | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131201`<br />Request partially succeeded                             | Not all participant-level operations in the request succeeded.                                                                                                                           | `206`<br />Partial Content Success |
| `131202`<br />Duplicate participant                                   | Duplicate participants in the participant array input.                                                                                                                                   | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131204`<br />Participant overlimit                                   | Group participant size exceeds limit.                                                                                                                                                    | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131207`<br />Group suspended                                         | The group violates platform policies.                                                                                                                                                    | `403`<br />Forbidden               |
| `131208`<br />Group Rate Limit Hit                                    | Group operation failed because there were too many group operations from this phone number in a short period.                                                                            | `429`<br />Too many requests       |
| `131209`<br />Invalid Group Profile Picture Aspect Ratio              | Width and height of the image must be equal.                                                                                                                                             | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131210`<br />Image is Too Small to Process                           | Image width and height must be greater than 192px.                                                                                                                                       | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131211`<br />Group create limit reached                              | Reached the limit for the maximum number of groups that can be created for this number.                                                                                                  | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131212`<br />Participant is not a part of the group.                 | Participant is not a part of the group.                                                                                                                                                  | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131213`<br />Group join request does not exist.                      | Group join request does not exist.                                                                                                                                                       | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131214`<br />Group creation is temporarily disabled                  | Group creation is temporarily disabled due to excessive marketing messages sent by the WABA in customer service window over the past 7 days.                                             | `400`<br />Bad Request             |
| `131215`<br />This phone number is not eligible to access Groups APIs | Groups APIs are only available for eligible phone numbers. Please check eligibility for Groups APIs in our documentation - /documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/groups/get-started | `400`<br />Bad Request             |

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