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# SCIM API error responses

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This topic explains the error responses that the LaunchDarkly System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) API returns.

All errors follow the SCIM error format:

```json lines wrap theme={null}
{
  "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error"],
  "detail": "Error message here",
  "status": 400
}
```

## Common error messages

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Error</th>
      <th>Status code</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>

  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>`member already exists`</td>
      <td>409 Conflict</td>
      <td>Email already exists in account</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`member not found`</td>
      <td>404 Not Found</td>
      <td>User ID does not exist</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`Invalid email address`</td>
      <td>400 Bad Request</td>
      <td>Email format is invalid</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`'role-name' is not a valid primary role`</td>
      <td>400 Bad Request</td>
      <td>Invalid role value</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`Cannot create an owner`</td>
      <td>400 Bad Request</td>
      <td>Cannot create users with owner role</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`Cannot deactivate an owner`</td>
      <td>400 Bad Request</td>
      <td>Cannot deactivate account owner</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`Unknown custom role 'role-key'`</td>
      <td>400 Bad Request</td>
      <td>Custom role doesn't exist</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`Cannot change properties on deactivated members other than 'active'`</td>
      <td>400 Bad Request</td>
      <td>Cannot update deactivated users</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>`Name length must not exceed 256 characters`</td>
      <td>400 Bad Request</td>
      <td>Name field too long</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

To learn more about how to remediate SCIM assertion consumer errors, read [SSO SCIM Error Messages](https://support.launchdarkly.com/hc/en-us/articles/15530970517275-SSO-SCIM-Error-Messages).