- For error messages in general, see wikipedia:Error message.
An Error Message is usually displayed when an unexpected event has happened within a program. This includes errors encountered in Roblox Player, in Roblox Studio and on the website.
There are three types of errors on Roblox: website (HTTP) errors, which prevent a client (user) request from working, program errors (including engine errors), which terminate the program in most cases, and in-game errors (including Lua errors), which happen within a place and do not terminate the program. In-game errors are different from glitches as glitches usually do not cause an error message to be displayed and are harder to troubleshoot.
If an error has occurred within a game (separate from the program itself), rather than terminating the program, a grey box will appear displaying the information about what happened, prevents any further gameplay in most cases, and will give the player a Leave option, which will bring the player to the website, and a Reconnect option if possible. There are many in-game error messages that can be encountered, each of which is associated with an error code number. Generally, 2xx error codes indicate connection issues, 5xx error codes indicate player-related error, the error code 610 indicates HTTP issues and 7xx error codes indicate place teleportation error.
Different request error pages on the website can be accessed through "https://www.roblox.com/request-error?code=" followed by an error code (such as 400, 403, 404 or 500).
In Lua, error messages are displayed in the output in Roblox Studio, and in the in-game Developer Console. The error
function can be used to generate an error message, which will also stop the thread that called the function from continuing.
Website errors
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Maintenance |
Displayed when the administrators have locked down the site to fix something that went wrong in the background. This screen is also used when the site is closed for maintenance. This is what the test websites currently lead to. The buttons spelling out Roblox and the text box are used when the administrators need to enter a password to start making changes to the website. Google Chrome sees this error as a soft-503 error. The error message may not always have the password text box depending on the reason for maintenance. Even if Roblox isn't offline for maintenance, you can view the new maintenance page at https://www.roblox.com/offline.html |
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Unsupported Browser | "Your browser is not supported""To continue using Roblox, please use one of the following browsers:"
Displays when accessing the Roblox website from an unsupported web browser. |
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Too many redirects | The message varies depending on the browser:
Displayed on accounts with a poison ban. This error occurs because the site tries to redirect to the Membership/CreationDisabled.aspx page, but when banned, all pages redirect back to Membership/NotApproved.aspx, creating an infinite redirect loop. |
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Something went wrong |
Displayed when changing the error code in the error page URL to a non-existent error code. |
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HTTP 400 Bad Request |
Displayed when the web request made by a device is invalid or otherwise incorrect. It may also happen when searching inventories of completely wiped accounts too (e.g. noli - ID 31042685). This error is also caused when changing the code in the address bar, or when the Roblox site is experiencing problems. It can also occur while uploading images on the Develop page. You can access this page by pressing this link: https://www.roblox.com/request-error?code=400 |
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HTTP 403 Access Denied |
Displayed when attempting to view a page that is restricted. This will often show up when the user tries to go to an administrator/staff-only page, when the user is IP banned, or if a user tries to access a group page without sufficient permissions. You can access this page by pressing this link: https://www.roblox.com/request-error?code=403 |
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HTTP 404 Not Found |
Displayed when the URL leads to a page that could not be found or does not exist. Will occur often due to an invalid URL or when one tries to go to the profile of a terminated account. You can access this page by pressing this link: https://www.roblox.com/request-error?code=404 |
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HTTP 500 Internal Server Error | "Unexpected error with your request"
Displayed when the server has encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete the web request. It's also the only error code that contains a link to the Roblox Status page. You can access this page by pressing this link: https://www.roblox.com/request-error?code=500 |
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Roblox outage | "503 ERROR"
Also known as a hard 503 error. Displayed when ROBLOX is having downtime or outages, but not for maintenance. Alternatively, entering the URL roblox.com/request-error?code=503 doesn't make this page pop up, instead showing the "Bad Request" or "Something went wrong" error. |
|-|Server Fault | "The service is unavailable." This error can app |
Connection timed out | The message varies depending on the browser:
HTTP 504. Displayed during a web-host timeout, which can be caused by Roblox maintenance/server downtime or by a poor internet connection. |
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An error occurred, please try again. |
Happens when Roblox is attempted to load on some VPNs, or when an invalid IP is used to load the website. This can also occur when trying to view game passes through the Wayback Machine because it's trying to load the old list of gamepasses that it used to have. To load the experience's current gamepass list, click on the "No" button. |
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"Invalid arguments." | Happens when the Roblox website is encountering problems. | ||
"Failed to load Game Passes. Please try again later." | Displayed when the request to retrieve game passes fails, which can be caused due to Roblox issues or by faulty internet connection from the user. Also known to occur when attempting to view game passes using the Internet Archive website. | ||
Maximum friends |
Happens when the player tries to friend a user that already has the maximum of friends allowed on Roblox. (200 Friends) |
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Transaction Failed |
Shown when Roblox fails to complete a transaction. |
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An error has occurred. |
This error can be caused due to Roblox issues or by a poor internet connection. Also known to occur when attempting to register or sign up using the Internet Archive website. |
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Red error message |
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Library Error |
This can happen when one enters an invalid Category number in the URL bar. |
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Unable to join |
This happens when one attempts to join a VIP server on a private/under-review game. |
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Wall posts are temporary unavailable |
This happens when you scroll the Wall posts too far. This also happens when Roblox is down. |
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Item Owned |
This happens when one attempts to purchase an item that they already own. |
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Recent experiences unable to load |
This happens when the servers cannot load a user's recent experiences. This is common to those who loaded Roblox website home pages, but their internet or browser did not respond in a set time. This is most commonly found when Roblox servers do not respond in downtime or when in maintenance upon accessing the home page. A ? is shown on the no results found page with a glass and a big head. |
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Unable to load friends |
This happens when the servers are not able to load a user's friends list. |
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Connection Error | There are two variations of this error:
This happens on Roblox Mobile when Roblox is down, experiencing issues or when you are banned when you try to log in to your account. (It appears really quick when you get banned) The background is from the login page on the app. Version 1 when pressing retry will result in a cooldown. |
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Marketplace Maintenance |
Displayed when the Marketplace/Catalog is under maintenance. The "Back to ROBLOX" button doesn't function. Despite the old appearance of this error page, it's still in use. One of its recent uses was on May 17, 2023; despite it referencing the payment system, it was used for the Marketplace being down. Even if the Roblox Marketplace isn't offline for maintenance, you can view this maintenance page at https://www.roblox.com/upgrades/paymentsystem/unavailable |
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Account Creation Disabled |
Displayed when an attempt to create an account is made through a poison banned IP address. This error message could be bypassed with a VPN. As of around September 2018 (according to the Wayback Machine), this error message is no longer displayed. Nowadays, a "Too Many Redirects" error is shown to poison banned accounts |
Client errors
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Displayed as a generic error message shown during a client crash, which can be caused by running out of memory, having a high ping, extreme lag, or connecting to the game while using a known (Roblox Player and/or Roblox Studio) exploit. |
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This error occurs when there are too many messages being sent at the same time on a server and a different server. This error message mostly occurs in roleplay games or games like Yugioh Dimension Duels X, just due to the sheer influx of messages in those games. This also happens when Roblox is down. |
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Displayed when the ROBLOX website is down for maintenance. |
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Happens when the game is corrupted, or it can be a connectivity issue. |
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Happens when the user is experiencing connectivity issues. |
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"Roblox no longer supports Windows 32-bit devices. This includes Win7 32-bit, Win8 32-bit, and Win10 32-bit. To keep playing Roblox, please use a device that is compatible with Roblox's system requirements."
Happens when the user tries to install Roblox on a 32-bit version of Windows. |
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Happens when the graphics card is not compatible to start Roblox. |
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Happens when the graphics card is out of date to start Roblox. |
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This error is caused by not having enough disk space to download ROBLOX game files. |
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Displayed when the DNS resolution has failed while connecting to Roblox or when the user loses connection while connecting to a server. |
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This error occurs when a user has the incorrect clock set on their computer. It can also be caused by a connection issue. |
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This will happen when you try to join a game while getting warned/banned when you are still on the game's page. Displayed when the client fails to launch while joining a game, which can be caused by a faulty internet connection or by Roblox maintenance. This error can also occur if the user tries to join a game while their Roblox account is disabled. It can also happen when you try to rejoin the game when the game chat does not load while playing with your friend. The most common example of this error was when Roblox crashed on July 13, 2021. |
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If a user manages to leave the beta app open and Roblox deployed the update (typically on Thursdays), this error will popup if a user tries to join the experience. Unlike other in-experience errors, this error also has a white variant. |
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Displayed when trying to play a game while the user violated Roblox's terms of service. This error happened when a user was MAC banned or has repeatedly created adult content.[1] See also Ban. |
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This was similar to error code 4. |
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Displayed when the launcher cannot initialize properly. |
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Displayed when the launcher times out while downloading a new version or launching a game, which can be caused by faulty internet connection or anti-virus detections. |
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Unknown error when ejecting disc from disc reader |
In-game errors
Error code (#) | Description | Image |
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N/A | "This item has no more copies. Try buying from another user on www.roblox.com. Your account has not been charged."
Displayed when a UGC limited item has no more copies in-stock. |
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103 | "The Roblox experience you are trying to join is currently not available. (Error Code: 103)" Displayed when a user on the Xbox Client attempts to join an experience that is not available on the Xbox platform. |
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256 |
Displayed when a player is banned while playing a game alone. Because it's only themselves playing the game when they got banned, error code 256 appears instead of 273. |
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260 |
Displayed when no data is being received by the Roblox web servers, most possibly a Roblox issue or a local issue preventing Roblox from sending data packets to said user(s). |
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261 |
Displayed when the server fails to send feedback for data requests, which can be caused by a poor internet connection, Roblox downtime, or other issues |
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262 |
Displayed when a game cannot load after data fails to send. |
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264 |
Displayed when a client starts while another client is already playing a game. This error can indicate an unknown/unwanted user on an account. This error can also occur if the player is warned/banned in-game, but that error code has been replaced with 273 instead of 264. If no internet issues are occurring with the account, this is likely due to the account being compromised and someone else trying to start a game while the original account owner is already playing a game. When Error 273 occurs, the reconnect button will appear on the right of the Leave Button. This error also appears if a user rejoins a game too quickly, or sometimes when a server completely crashes, |
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266 |
Displayed when the connection was timed out. This happens when the client's connection lags a lot or has not responded for a long time. It usually appears during a game timeout, which can be caused by a weak internet connection, high ping, or a slow computer. |
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267 |
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268 |
Displayed when a user is kicked from the game and is forced to join another server. This can occur from general connection issues, and in some cases when using exploits or for having a lot of lag. This error can also occur when using a compatibility layer such as Wine to play the game on Linux. it can appear if you are banned. |
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271 |
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272 |
Displayed when the user attempts to join the game while an exploit is loaded. |
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273 |
Identical to error 264, however, this error occurs when a user is in-game while warned, banned or terminated. The user is kicked from the server and their page reloads, which then shows the user the ban/warn. In most cases when pressing reconnect upon being banned with code 273, error code 769 or 773 will show. But it may also happen if the same account launches a game. The same Error Code and Reconnection aftermath can occur if a user presses ''log out from all other sessions'' in the security Tab while in-game. |
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274 |
Displayed when a developer manually closes a game server (usually when updating the game) or when a private server owner shuts down the private server. Reconnecting will sometimes display error code 773. |
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275 |
Displayed when Roblox closes a game server for maintenance or if a game is deleted by a Roblox staff member while being played. Rarely displays when the private server owner disables "Allow Joining" in the private server settings |
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277 |
This is usually displayed when the client has one of many different internet issues while connected to a game, including dropped connection, IP address change, disconnecting/connecting to a VPN, or if the player turns off their wi-fi. Can also occur if Roblox disconnects the server automatically, and attempting to rejoin will often show 279. This is also the typical error for when the server the player is connected to is getting overloaded and crashing (Attempting to reconnect in this case often results in a code 279 error). Old versions of this include "You have lost the connection to the game" and "Lost connection to the game server, please reconnect" which were used from 2006 to 2018. |
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278 |
Displayed when a player is inactive in a game for 20 or more minutes. This error code only displays if there are 2 or more players in the server. |
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279 |
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280 |
Displayed when the client is out of date. This can happen if your using a custom launcher that does not automatically update. |
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282 |
Displayed when the computer has network issues, or when you are playing an experience that is under review. Error 277 can also occur. |
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284 |
Displayed when commonly caused by a "UI Overload" (millions of UI elements on the screen, causing a client overload), but the real reason is unknown, Has Gummy Ask got banned for not abouts here. |
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285 |
This error message is given if no message was given previously for the server shutdown/self destruct. Can also occur from error 256/274 (developer server shutdown). |
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286 |
Displayed when the device that the game is being played on does not have a valid amount of memory to run the game. "You have been disconnected because you no longer have access to this private server. (Error Code: 286)" Displayed when someone removes you from their private server. |
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291 |
This error is shown whenever a player was deleted/destroyed from the game server. Some games use this as another way to kick a player. |
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292 |
Displayed when Roblox detects low to near insufficient memory to run Roblox. This warning is similar to error code 286, although players who encounter this warning have the choice to keep playing the game or to leave the game. Some high- end games can cause this error quicker then regular games depending on the players mobile device and how it runs Roblox. |
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517 |
Displayed when a client attempts to join a server that is in the process of closing, or when a player attempts to rejoin a server before Roblox disconnects them from their previous visit (ID 17/279 may happen too) |
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522 |
Used to be displayed when a user attempts to join a player into a game after the player they are joining has left. Now the new variant is in the loading screen. |
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523 |
This is a server error, not a game error. Displayed when the player tries to join a server that has shut down. Used to rarely happen if you joined a friend in a private server when they left. (Status Changed variant) Sometimes happens when joining a game which is unpublished/private. |
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524 |
Displayed during Roblox downtime, after attempting to join a VIP server they cannot join, attempting to join a paid access game that they do not own, attempting to join a LuoBu (Roblox China) server, or attempting to join a game as a Guest (For guests, it later changed to 610). Displayed when attempting to join a server when the game is private. |
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525 |
There is currently not much information about this error. It happens when trying to join a full server for too much time (1-5 minutes) |
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528 |
Happens when a user's party is too big to join a game that has a lower player limit (a long time ago because parties have been removed). May also happen when the player's connection is timed out and/or has problems with connection. |
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529 |
Displayed when Roblox's servers are down or slow. May sometimes be displayed on mobile when a player's internet connection has been disabled before playing a game. It even may be displayed if joining in a game while the user is warned/banned/terminated. |
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533 |
Displayed when attempting to join a private server when "Who can make me a member of their private server?" is set to "No one" or "Friends". It can be also because the user is a <13 user, and they cant set their private server settings to "Everyone". |
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600 |
Utilized as part of Roblox's in-experience ban API. |
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610 |
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769 |
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770 |
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771 |
Displayed when attempting to teleport to a game server that no longer exists or has been closed. |
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772 |
Displayed when attempting to teleport to a full game server. |
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773 |
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774 |
Similar to the "Too Many Redirects" error, this code is raised when an experience tries to teleport a user above an acceptable limit. |
Roblox Studio errors
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Appears when Roblox Studio was blocked by your antivirus and Roblox was unable to automatically save your current studio session. |
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Appears when Roblox gets blocked by the computer firewall or antivirus, trying to fetch the version identifier for the latest Studio build.[citation needed] Also displayed when the executable was damaged/corrupted. |
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Appears when trying to open corrupt places, or when trying to open places made using an older version of Roblox.[citation needed] |
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Appears when you open a place but it can't open correctly, which can be caused by the faulty internet connection or windows systems error. Second photo can be caused when you set your computer to sleep, and you re-open back it, but the exact cause of this is currently unknown. |
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Can be caused when place opening error, but the real reason is unknown. |
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Happens when some Files are missing or corrupted |
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Happens when Roblox is experiencing an outage. |
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"This version of studio is out of date and must be reinstalled. Please close all instances of Studio & reinstall from: https://roblox.com/create" Happens when your Roblox Studio is too out of date to upgrade. |
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"Error in opening file - '[Place]'"
Can possibly happen when a Roblox file is corrupted or unsupported. |
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"CURL Error (curl_easy_perform):Couldn't resolve host name (6)"
Currently unknown how this error can happen. (The error in the photo isn't the actual error, it is another CURL error as there isn't a picture with the actual error) |
Removed errors
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The item you requested does not exist | This error was used when one tries to go to the profile of a banned or terminated account. This has been replaced by a 404 error. |
Other errors
References
Trivia
This section is a trivia section. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections of the article.
- Error 273 is one of the only errors with a message that is unrelated to the reason, with the reason for the error being due to a user receiving a moderation action in game, while the message is 'Same account launched from different device'. Getting this error for the first time could confuse the player, and make them try to reconnect, before leaving the game to try to resolve the issue, thus showing them the Moderation Notice screen.