The attempt's error field contains one of these codes when it is skipped or fails. It is null if the attempt succeeded, hasn't run yet, or was skipped manually.
Codes are case-sensitive; match the exact string.
The attempt's error field contains one of these codes when it is skipped or fails. It is null if the attempt succeeded, hasn't run yet, or was skipped manually.
Codes are case-sensitive; match the exact string.
Error codes for skipped or failed automation attempts.
The subscriber had already been sent this email, so the automation left them alone.
The email this automation was set to send no longer exists.
The email this automation was set to send has no content.
The email this automation was set to send is in a state that cannot be sent.
One of the tags this automation was set to apply no longer exists.
The subscriber was not eligible to receive the email — they had unsubscribed, bounced, or never confirmed — so the automation left them alone. Recorded only by automation runs from before June 2024.
The newsletter was disabled, so no email could be sent.
The subscriber was not eligible to receive the email — they had unsubscribed, bounced, or never confirmed — so the automation left them alone.
The subscriber already had one of the tags this automation applies.
The automation's action could not be carried out. For a POST-request action this usually means the request itself failed.
The automation is set to send an email but has no recipient configured.
The automation is set to change tags but has no tags configured.
The automation is set to send a POST request but has no URL configured.
The automation's action is not one that its trigger can perform.
The automation posts to Are.na, but this newsletter has no Are.na credentials configured.
The automation posts to Bluesky, but this newsletter has no Bluesky credentials configured.
The event that triggered this automation is missing the data its action needs.
The automation posts to Mastodon, but this newsletter has no Mastodon credentials configured.
The automation posts to Discord, but this newsletter has no Discord credentials configured.
The automation acts on GitHub, but this newsletter has no GitHub credentials configured.
The automation posts to LinkedIn, but this newsletter has no LinkedIn credentials configured.
The automation acts on Shopify, but this newsletter has no Shopify credentials configured.
Shopify had no customer matching this subscriber's email address.
Shopify rate-limited the request.
The Stripe subscription this event referenced no longer exists.
The automation posts to Tumblr, but this newsletter has no Tumblr credentials configured.
The automation posts to Twitter, but this newsletter has no Twitter credentials configured.
Shopify rejected this newsletter's API credentials.
Something went wrong that Buttondown did not anticipate. The failure is logged for us to look into.