Common Errors - AWS Control Tower

Common Errors

This section lists the errors common to the API actions of all AWS services. For errors specific to an API action for this service, see the topic for that API action.

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ExpiredTokenException

The security token included in the request is expired

HTTP Status Code: 403

IncompleteSignature

The request signature does not conform to AWS standards.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalFailure

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

MalformedHttpRequestException

Problems with the request at the HTTP level, e.g. we can't decompress the body according to the decompression algorithm specified by the content-encoding.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorized

You do not have permission to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 401

OptInRequired

The AWS access key ID needs a subscription for the service.

HTTP Status Code: 403

RequestAbortedException

Convenient exception that can be used when a request is aborted before a reply is sent back (e.g. client closed connection).

HTTP Status Code: 400

RequestEntityTooLargeException

Problems with the request at the HTTP level. The request entity is too large.

HTTP Status Code: 413

RequestExpired

The request reached the service more than 15 minutes after the date stamp on the request or more than 15 minutes after the request expiration date (such as for pre-signed URLs), or the date stamp on the request is more than 15 minutes in the future.

HTTP Status Code: 400

RequestTimeoutException

Problems with the request at the HTTP level. Reading the Request timed out.

HTTP Status Code: 408

ServiceUnavailable

The request has failed due to a temporary failure of the server.

HTTP Status Code: 503

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnrecognizedClientException

The X.509 certificate or AWS access key ID provided does not exist in our records.

HTTP Status Code: 403

UnknownOperationException

The action or operation requested is invalid. Verify that the action is typed correctly.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ValidationError

The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.

HTTP Status Code: 400