Errors - Sendmux

The Mailbox API uses standard HTTP status codes and the same error envelope as the Management API.

Error response format

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_parameter",
    "message": "A human-readable description of the error.",
    "param": "cursor",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.sendmux.ai/api-reference/errors#invalid_parameter",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_clxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  }
}

Field	Description
`code`	Stable machine-readable code. Branch client logic on this value.
`message`	Human-readable description. Wording may change.
`param`	Present when the error maps to a specific request field.
`doc_url`	Link to the error reference.
`retryable`	`true` when the same request may succeed later without changes.
`errors`	Present on accumulated validation failures.

Common codes

HTTP status	Error code	Retryable	Meaning
`400`	`invalid_parameter`	false	Bad query parameter or malformed request body.
`400`	`missing_parameter`	false	Required parameter missing.
`401`	`authentication_required`	false	Missing, invalid, expired, or revoked API key.
`403`	`insufficient_permissions`	false	The key is valid but cannot call this endpoint.
`404`	`not_found`	false	The mailbox or requested resource is absent or inaccessible.
`409`	`conflict`	false	The resource state prevents the operation.
`409`	`idempotency_conflict`	false	An `Idempotency-Key` was reused with a different request.
`413`	`payload_too_large`	false	The request body is too large.
`422`	`validation_error`	false	The request parsed correctly but violates a semantic rule.
`429`	`rate_limit_exceeded`	true	Rate limit hit. Honour `Retry-After`.
`500`	`internal_error`	true	Unexpected server error.
`503`	`service_unavailable`	true	A required service is temporarily unavailable. Honour `Retry-After` when present.

Retry handling

Retry only when retryable is true. For 429 and 503, use the Retry-After header before retrying.

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Retry-After: 30
Content-Type: application/json

For POST requests that support Idempotency-Key, send a unique key so a retry cannot perform the same operation twice.

Introduction

Self-introspect the calling mailbox

Documentation Index

​Error response format

​Common codes

​Retry handling

Error response format

Common codes

Retry handling