WhatsApp Error Codes API V2

This document provides information about the error codes you would receive when executing the WhatsApp REST APIs.

You may receive the following response generated by processing the request and errors generated by Meta while processing the request in the latter case, such error will be “forwarded” as is to the customer in webhooks. For example, 202 is for success response.

To know the WhatsApp status code for Send Message and Template APIs, refer to the following links:

HTTP Status Code

The following is list of general HTTP status codes for WhatsApp:

HTTP Status	Code	Description	Message
202	WA202	Accepted	Request Accepted.
400	WA400	Incorrect payload	Refer to correct payload format.
400	E110	Low balance	Please check your balance, You have a low balance!
401	RBC001	Unauthorized	Incorrect SID or API key.
401	WA401	Unauthorized Phone Number Status	The phone number you're using not active.
401	WA401	Unauthorised Account type	API is not available for given customer. Please contact support for more info.
401	WA401	Unauthorized phone number	Phone number is not present or does not belong to the account.
401	WA401	Unauthorized access	The phone number you're using is associated with different Version of our WA API. Please use the appropriate endpoint.
500	WA500	Internal Server Error	Please try again later.

Meta's Cloud API Error Codes

For Meta's cloud API error codes, see Cloud API Error Codes.