Groups API Error Codes and Troubleshooting

Updated: Jun 16, 2026

Error codes

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