Error codes and meanings

General errors

  • 0 - ERROR_NO_ERROR

No error has occurred.

  • 1 - ERROR_FAILED

Will be raised when a general error occurred.

  • 2 - ERROR_SYS_ERROR

Will be raised when operating system error occurred.

  • 3 - ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY

Will be raised when there is a memory shortage.

  • 4 - ERROR_INTERNAL

Will be raised when an internal error occurred.

  • 5 - ERROR_ILLEGAL_NUMBER

Will be raised when an illegal representation of a number was given.

  • 6 - ERROR_NUMERIC_OVERFLOW

Will be raised when a numeric overflow occurred.

  • 7 - ERROR_ILLEGAL_OPTION

Will be raised when an unknown option was supplied by the user.

  • 8 - ERROR_DEAD_PID

Will be raised when a PID without a living process was found.

  • 9 - ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED

Will be raised when hitting an unimplemented feature.

  • 10 - ERROR_BAD_PARAMETER

Will be raised when the parameter does not fulfill the requirements.

  • 11 - ERROR_FORBIDDEN

Will be raised when you are missing permission for the operation.

  • 12 - ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY_MMAP

Will be raised when there is a memory shortage.

  • 13 - ERROR_CORRUPTED_CSV

Will be raised when encountering a corrupt csv line.

  • 14 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a file is not found.

  • 15 - ERROR_CANNOT_WRITE_FILE

Will be raised when a file cannot be written.

  • 16 - ERROR_CANNOT_OVERWRITE_FILE

Will be raised when an attempt is made to overwrite an existing file.

  • 17 - ERROR_TYPE_ERROR

Will be raised when a type error is encountered.

  • 18 - ERROR_LOCK_TIMEOUT

Will be raised when there’s a timeout waiting for a lock.

  • 19 - ERROR_CANNOT_CREATE_DIRECTORY

Will be raised when an attempt to create a directory fails.

  • 20 - ERROR_CANNOT_CREATE_TEMP_FILE

Will be raised when an attempt to create a temporary file fails.

  • 21 - ERROR_REQUEST_CANCELED

Will be raised when a request is canceled by the user.

  • 22 - ERROR_DEBUG

Will be raised intentionally during debugging.

  • 25 - ERROR_IP_ADDRESS_INVALID

Will be raised when the structure of an IP address is invalid.

  • 27 - ERROR_FILE_EXISTS

Will be raised when a file already exists.

  • 28 - ERROR_LOCKED

Will be raised when a resource or an operation is locked.

  • 29 - ERROR_DEADLOCK

Will be raised when a deadlock is detected when accessing collections.

  • 30 - ERROR_SHUTTING_DOWN

Will be raised when a call cannot succeed because a server shutdown is already in progress.

  • 31 - ERROR_ONLY_ENTERPRISE

Will be raised when an enterprise-feature is requested from the community edition.

  • 32 - ERROR_RESOURCE_LIMIT

Will be raised when the resources used by an operation exceed the configured maximum value.

  • 33 - ERROR_ARANGO_ICU_ERROR

will be raised if icu operations failed

  • 34 - ERROR_CANNOT_READ_FILE

Will be raised when a file cannot be read.

  • 35 - ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_VERSION

Will be raised when a server is running an incompatible version of ArangoDB.

  • 36 - ERROR_DISABLED

Will be raised when a requested resource is not enabled.

HTTP error status codes

  • 400 - ERROR_HTTP_BAD_PARAMETER

Will be raised when the HTTP request does not fulfill the requirements.

  • 401 - ERROR_HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED

Will be raised when authorization is required but the user is not authorized.

  • 403 - ERROR_HTTP_FORBIDDEN

Will be raised when the operation is forbidden.

  • 404 - ERROR_HTTP_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when an URI is unknown.

  • 405 - ERROR_HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED

Will be raised when an unsupported HTTP method is used for an operation.

  • 406 - ERROR_HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE

Will be raised when an unsupported HTTP content type is used for an operation

  • 412 - ERROR_HTTP_PRECONDITION_FAILED

Will be raised when a precondition for an HTTP request is not met.

  • 500 - ERROR_HTTP_SERVER_ERROR

Will be raised when an internal server is encountered.

  • 503 - ERROR_HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE

Will be raised when a service is temporarily unavailable.

  • 504 - ERROR_HTTP_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT

Will be raised when a service contacted by ArangoDB does not respond in a timely manner.

HTTP processing errors

  • 600 - ERROR_HTTP_CORRUPTED_JSON

Will be raised when a string representation of a JSON object is corrupt.

  • 601 - ERROR_HTTP_SUPERFLUOUS_SUFFICES

Will be raised when the URL contains superfluous suffices.

Internal ArangoDB storage errors

  • 1000 - ERROR_ARANGO_ILLEGAL_STATE

Internal error that will be raised when the datafile is not in the required state.

  • 1002 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATAFILE_SEALED

Internal error that will be raised when trying to write to a datafile.

  • 1004 - ERROR_ARANGO_READ_ONLY

Internal error that will be raised when trying to write to a read-only datafile or collection.

  • 1005 - ERROR_ARANGO_DUPLICATE_IDENTIFIER

Internal error that will be raised when a identifier duplicate is detected.

  • 1006 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATAFILE_UNREADABLE

Internal error that will be raised when a datafile is unreadable.

  • 1007 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATAFILE_EMPTY

Internal error that will be raised when a datafile is empty.

  • 1008 - ERROR_ARANGO_RECOVERY

Will be raised when an error occurred during WAL log file recovery.

  • 1009 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATAFILE_STATISTICS_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a required datafile statistics object was not found.

External ArangoDB storage errors

  • 1100 - ERROR_ARANGO_CORRUPTED_DATAFILE

Will be raised when a corruption is detected in a datafile.

  • 1101 - ERROR_ARANGO_ILLEGAL_PARAMETER_FILE

Will be raised if a parameter file is corrupted or cannot be read.

  • 1102 - ERROR_ARANGO_CORRUPTED_COLLECTION

Will be raised when a collection contains one or more corrupted data files.

  • 1103 - ERROR_ARANGO_MMAP_FAILED

Will be raised when the system call mmap failed.

  • 1104 - ERROR_ARANGO_FILESYSTEM_FULL

Will be raised when the filesystem is full.

  • 1105 - ERROR_ARANGO_NO_JOURNAL

Will be raised when a journal cannot be created.

  • 1106 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATAFILE_ALREADY_EXISTS

Will be raised when the datafile cannot be created or renamed because a file of the same name already exists.

  • 1107 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATADIR_LOCKED

Will be raised when the database directory is locked by a different process.

  • 1108 - ERROR_ARANGO_COLLECTION_DIRECTORY_ALREADY_EXISTS

Will be raised when the collection cannot be created because a directory of the same name already exists.

  • 1109 - ERROR_ARANGO_MSYNC_FAILED

Will be raised when the system call msync failed.

  • 1110 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATADIR_UNLOCKABLE

Will be raised when the server cannot lock the database directory on startup.

  • 1111 - ERROR_ARANGO_SYNC_TIMEOUT

Will be raised when the server waited too long for a datafile to be synced to disk.

General ArangoDB storage errors

  • 1200 - ERROR_ARANGO_CONFLICT

Will be raised when updating or deleting a document and a conflict has been detected.

  • 1201 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATADIR_INVALID

Will be raised when a non-existing database directory was specified when starting the database.

  • 1202 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a document with a given identifier is unknown.

  • 1203 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATA_SOURCE_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a collection with the given identifier or name is unknown.

  • 1204 - ERROR_ARANGO_COLLECTION_PARAMETER_MISSING

Will be raised when the collection parameter is missing.

  • 1205 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_HANDLE_BAD

Will be raised when a document identifier is corrupt.

  • 1206 - ERROR_ARANGO_MAXIMAL_SIZE_TOO_SMALL

Will be raised when the maximal size of the journal is too small.

  • 1207 - ERROR_ARANGO_DUPLICATE_NAME

Will be raised when a name duplicate is detected.

  • 1208 - ERROR_ARANGO_ILLEGAL_NAME

Will be raised when an illegal name is detected.

  • 1209 - ERROR_ARANGO_NO_INDEX

Will be raised when no suitable index for the query is known.

  • 1210 - ERROR_ARANGO_UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATED

Will be raised when there is a unique constraint violation.

  • 1212 - ERROR_ARANGO_INDEX_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when an index with a given identifier is unknown.

  • 1213 - ERROR_ARANGO_CROSS_COLLECTION_REQUEST

Will be raised when a cross-collection is requested.

  • 1214 - ERROR_ARANGO_INDEX_HANDLE_BAD

Will be raised when a index identifier is corrupt.

  • 1216 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_TOO_LARGE

Will be raised when the document cannot fit into any datafile because of it is too large.

  • 1217 - ERROR_ARANGO_COLLECTION_NOT_UNLOADED

Will be raised when a collection should be unloaded

  • 1218 - ERROR_ARANGO_COLLECTION_TYPE_INVALID

Will be raised when an invalid collection type is used in a request.

  • 1220 - ERROR_ARANGO_ATTRIBUTE_PARSER_FAILED

Will be raised when parsing an attribute name definition failed.

  • 1221 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_KEY_BAD

Will be raised when a document key is corrupt.

  • 1222 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_KEY_UNEXPECTED

Will be raised when a user-defined document key is supplied for collections with auto key generation.

  • 1224 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATADIR_NOT_WRITABLE

Will be raised when the server’s database directory is not writable for the current user.

  • 1225 - ERROR_ARANGO_OUT_OF_KEYS

Will be raised when a key generator runs out of keys.

  • 1226 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_KEY_MISSING

Will be raised when a document key is missing.

  • 1227 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_TYPE_INVALID

Will be raised when there is an attempt to create a document with an invalid type.

  • 1228 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATABASE_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a non-existing database is accessed.

  • 1229 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATABASE_NAME_INVALID

Will be raised when an invalid database name is used.

  • 1230 - ERROR_ARANGO_USE_SYSTEM_DATABASE

Will be raised when an operation is requested in a database other than the system database.

  • 1232 - ERROR_ARANGO_INVALID_KEY_GENERATOR

Will be raised when an invalid key generator description is used.

  • 1233 - ERROR_ARANGO_INVALID_EDGE_ATTRIBUTE

will be raised when the _from or _to values of an edge are undefined or contain an invalid value.

  • 1235 - ERROR_ARANGO_INDEX_CREATION_FAILED

Will be raised when an attempt to create an index has failed.

  • 1236 - ERROR_ARANGO_WRITE_THROTTLE_TIMEOUT

Will be raised when the server is write-throttled and a write operation has waited too long for the server to process queued operations.

  • 1237 - ERROR_ARANGO_COLLECTION_TYPE_MISMATCH

Will be raised when a collection has a different type from what has been expected.

  • 1238 - ERROR_ARANGO_COLLECTION_NOT_LOADED

Will be raised when a collection is accessed that is not yet loaded.

  • 1239 - ERROR_ARANGO_DOCUMENT_REV_BAD

Will be raised when a document revision is corrupt or is missing where needed.

  • 1240 - ERROR_ARANGO_INCOMPLETE_READ

Will be raised by the storage engine when a read cannot be completed.

Checked ArangoDB storage errors

  • 1300 - ERROR_ARANGO_DATAFILE_FULL

Will be raised when the datafile reaches its limit.

  • 1301 - ERROR_ARANGO_EMPTY_DATADIR

Will be raised when encountering an empty server database directory.

  • 1302 - ERROR_ARANGO_TRY_AGAIN

Will be raised when an operation should be retried.

  • 1303 - ERROR_ARANGO_BUSY

Will be raised when storage engine is busy.

  • 1304 - ERROR_ARANGO_MERGE_IN_PROGRESS

Will be raised when storage engine has a datafile merge in progress and cannot complete the operation.

  • 1305 - ERROR_ARANGO_IO_ERROR

Will be raised when storage engine encounters an I/O error.

ArangoDB replication errors

  • 1400 - ERROR_REPLICATION_NO_RESPONSE

Will be raised when the replication applier does not receive any or an incomplete response from the master.

  • 1401 - ERROR_REPLICATION_INVALID_RESPONSE

Will be raised when the replication applier receives an invalid response from the master.

  • 1402 - ERROR_REPLICATION_MASTER_ERROR

Will be raised when the replication applier receives a server error from the master.

  • 1403 - ERROR_REPLICATION_MASTER_INCOMPATIBLE

Will be raised when the replication applier connects to a master that has an incompatible version.

  • 1404 - ERROR_REPLICATION_MASTER_CHANGE

Will be raised when the replication applier connects to a different master than before.

  • 1405 - ERROR_REPLICATION_LOOP

Will be raised when the replication applier is asked to connect to itself for replication.

  • 1406 - ERROR_REPLICATION_UNEXPECTED_MARKER

Will be raised when an unexpected marker is found in the replication log stream.

  • 1407 - ERROR_REPLICATION_INVALID_APPLIER_STATE

Will be raised when an invalid replication applier state file is found.

  • 1408 - ERROR_REPLICATION_UNEXPECTED_TRANSACTION

Will be raised when an unexpected transaction id is found.

  • 1410 - ERROR_REPLICATION_INVALID_APPLIER_CONFIGURATION

Will be raised when the configuration for the replication applier is invalid.

  • 1411 - ERROR_REPLICATION_RUNNING

Will be raised when there is an attempt to perform an operation while the replication applier is running.

  • 1412 - ERROR_REPLICATION_APPLIER_STOPPED

Special error code used to indicate the replication applier was stopped by a user.

  • 1413 - ERROR_REPLICATION_NO_START_TICK

Will be raised when the replication applier is started without a known start tick value.

  • 1414 - ERROR_REPLICATION_START_TICK_NOT_PRESENT

Will be raised when the replication applier fetches data using a start tick

  • 1416 - ERROR_REPLICATION_WRONG_CHECKSUM

Will be raised when a new born follower submits a wrong checksum

  • 1417 - ERROR_REPLICATION_SHARD_NONEMPTY

Will be raised when a shard is not empty and the follower tries a shortcut

ArangoDB cluster errors

  • 1449 - ERROR_CLUSTER_SERVER_UNKNOWN

Will be raised on some occasions when one server gets a request from another

  • 1450 - ERROR_CLUSTER_TOO_MANY_SHARDS

Will be raised when the number of shards for a collection is higher than allowed.

  • 1453 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COLLECTION_ID_EXISTS

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster tries to create a collection and the collection ID already exists.

  • 1454 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_CREATE_COLLECTION_IN_PLAN

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot create an entry for a new collection in the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1456 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_CREATE_COLLECTION

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster notices that some DBServers report problems when creating shards for a new collection.

  • 1457 - ERROR_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster runs into a timeout for some cluster wide operation.

  • 1458 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_REMOVE_COLLECTION_IN_PLAN

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot remove an entry for a collection in the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1459 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_REMOVE_COLLECTION_IN_CURRENT

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot remove an entry for a collection in the Current hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1460 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_CREATE_DATABASE_IN_PLAN

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot create an entry for a new database in the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1461 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_CREATE_DATABASE

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster notices that some DBServers report problems when creating databases for a new cluster wide database.

  • 1462 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_REMOVE_DATABASE_IN_PLAN

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot remove an entry for a database in the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1463 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_REMOVE_DATABASE_IN_CURRENT

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot remove an entry for a database in the Current hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1464 - ERROR_CLUSTER_SHARD_GONE

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot determine the shard that is responsible for a given document.

  • 1465 - ERROR_CLUSTER_CONNECTION_LOST

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster loses an HTTP connection to a DBserver in the cluster whilst transferring data.

  • 1466 - ERROR_CLUSTER_MUST_NOT_SPECIFY_KEY

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster finds that the _key attribute was specified in a sharded collection the uses not only _key as sharding attribute.

  • 1467 - ERROR_CLUSTER_GOT_CONTRADICTING_ANSWERS

Will be raised if a coordinator in a cluster gets conflicting results from different shards

  • 1468 - ERROR_CLUSTER_NOT_ALL_SHARDING_ATTRIBUTES_GIVEN

Will be raised if a coordinator tries to find out which shard is responsible for a partial document

  • 1469 - ERROR_CLUSTER_MUST_NOT_CHANGE_SHARDING_ATTRIBUTES

Will be raised if there is an attempt to update the value of a shard attribute.

  • 1470 - ERROR_CLUSTER_UNSUPPORTED

Will be raised when there is an attempt to carry out an operation that is not supported in the context of a sharded collection.

  • 1471 - ERROR_CLUSTER_ONLY_ON_COORDINATOR

Will be raised if there is an attempt to run a coordinator-only operation on a different type of node.

  • 1472 - ERROR_CLUSTER_READING_PLAN_AGENCY

Will be raised if a coordinator or DBserver cannot read the Plan in the agency.

  • 1473 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_TRUNCATE_COLLECTION

Will be raised if a coordinator cannot truncate all shards of a cluster collection.

  • 1474 - ERROR_CLUSTER_AQL_COMMUNICATION

Will be raised if the internal communication of the cluster for AQL produces an error.

  • 1477 - ERROR_CLUSTER_ONLY_ON_DBSERVER

Will be raised if there is an attempt to run a DBserver-only operation on a different type of node.

  • 1478 - ERROR_CLUSTER_BACKEND_UNAVAILABLE

Will be raised if a required db server can’t be reached.

  • 1481 - ERROR_CLUSTER_AQL_COLLECTION_OUT_OF_SYNC

Will be raised if a collection needed during query execution is out of sync. This currently can only happen when using satellite collections

  • 1482 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_CREATE_INDEX_IN_PLAN

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot create an entry for a new index in the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1483 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_DROP_INDEX_IN_PLAN

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot remove an index from the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1484 - ERROR_CLUSTER_CHAIN_OF_DISTRIBUTESHARDSLIKE

Will be raised if one tries to create a collection with a distributeShardsLike attribute which points to another collection that also has one.

  • 1485 - ERROR_CLUSTER_MUST_NOT_DROP_COLL_OTHER_DISTRIBUTESHARDSLIKE

Will be raised if one tries to drop a collection to which another collection points with its distributeShardsLike attribute.

  • 1486 - ERROR_CLUSTER_UNKNOWN_DISTRIBUTESHARDSLIKE

Will be raised if one tries to create a collection which points to an unknown collection in its distributeShardsLike attribute.

  • 1487 - ERROR_CLUSTER_INSUFFICIENT_DBSERVERS

Will be raised if one tries to create a collection with a replicationFactor greater than the available number of DBServers.

  • 1488 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_DROP_FOLLOWER

Will be raised if a follower that ought to be dropped could not be dropped in the agency (under Current).

  • 1489 - ERROR_CLUSTER_SHARD_LEADER_REFUSES_REPLICATION

Will be raised if a replication operation is refused by a shard leader.

  • 1490 - ERROR_CLUSTER_SHARD_FOLLOWER_REFUSES_OPERATION

Will be raised if a non-replication operation is refused by a shard follower.

  • 1491 - ERROR_CLUSTER_SHARD_LEADER_RESIGNED

because it has resigned in the meantime

  • 1492 - ERROR_CLUSTER_AGENCY_COMMUNICATION_FAILED

Will be raised if after various retries an agency operation could not be performed successfully.

  • 1495 - ERROR_CLUSTER_LEADERSHIP_CHALLENGE_ONGOING

Will be raised when servers are currently competing for leadership

  • 1496 - ERROR_CLUSTER_NOT_LEADER

Will be raised when an operation is sent to a non-leading server.

  • 1497 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_CREATE_VIEW_IN_PLAN

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot create an entry for a new view in the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

  • 1498 - ERROR_CLUSTER_VIEW_ID_EXISTS

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster tries to create a view and the view ID already exists.

  • 1499 - ERROR_CLUSTER_COULD_NOT_DROP_COLLECTION

Will be raised when a coordinator in a cluster cannot drop a collection entry in the Plan hierarchy in the agency.

ArangoDB query errors

  • 1500 - ERROR_QUERY_KILLED

Will be raised when a running query is killed by an explicit admin command.

  • 1501 - ERROR_QUERY_PARSE

Will be raised when query is parsed and is found to be syntactically invalid.

  • 1502 - ERROR_QUERY_EMPTY

Will be raised when an empty query is specified.

  • 1503 - ERROR_QUERY_SCRIPT

Will be raised when a runtime error is caused by the query.

  • 1504 - ERROR_QUERY_NUMBER_OUT_OF_RANGE

Will be raised when a number is outside the expected range.

  • 1505 - ERROR_QUERY_INVALID_GEO_VALUE

Will be raised when a geo index coordinate is invalid or out of range.

  • 1510 - ERROR_QUERY_VARIABLE_NAME_INVALID

Will be raised when an invalid variable name is used.

  • 1511 - ERROR_QUERY_VARIABLE_REDECLARED

Will be raised when a variable gets re-assigned in a query.

  • 1512 - ERROR_QUERY_VARIABLE_NAME_UNKNOWN

Will be raised when an unknown variable is used or the variable is undefined the context it is used.

  • 1521 - ERROR_QUERY_COLLECTION_LOCK_FAILED

Will be raised when a read lock on the collection cannot be acquired.

  • 1522 - ERROR_QUERY_TOO_MANY_COLLECTIONS

Will be raised when the number of collections or shards in a query is beyond the allowed value.

  • 1530 - ERROR_QUERY_DOCUMENT_ATTRIBUTE_REDECLARED

Will be raised when a document attribute is re-assigned.

  • 1540 - ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_NAME_UNKNOWN

Will be raised when an undefined function is called.

  • 1541 - ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT_NUMBER_MISMATCH

expected number of arguments: minimum: %d

  • 1542 - ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_MISMATCH

Will be raised when the type of an argument used in a function call does not match the expected argument type.

  • 1543 - ERROR_QUERY_INVALID_REGEX

Will be raised when an invalid regex argument value is used in a call to a function that expects a regex.

  • 1550 - ERROR_QUERY_BIND_PARAMETERS_INVALID

Will be raised when the structure of bind parameters passed has an unexpected format.

  • 1551 - ERROR_QUERY_BIND_PARAMETER_MISSING

Will be raised when a bind parameter was declared in the query but the query is being executed with no value for that parameter.

  • 1552 - ERROR_QUERY_BIND_PARAMETER_UNDECLARED

Will be raised when a value gets specified for an undeclared bind parameter.

  • 1553 - ERROR_QUERY_BIND_PARAMETER_TYPE

Will be raised when a bind parameter has an invalid value or type.

  • 1560 - ERROR_QUERY_INVALID_LOGICAL_VALUE

Will be raised when a non-boolean value is used in a logical operation.

  • 1561 - ERROR_QUERY_INVALID_ARITHMETIC_VALUE

Will be raised when a non-numeric value is used in an arithmetic operation.

  • 1562 - ERROR_QUERY_DIVISION_BY_ZERO

Will be raised when there is an attempt to divide by zero.

  • 1563 - ERROR_QUERY_ARRAY_EXPECTED

Will be raised when a non-array operand is used for an operation that expects an array argument operand.

  • 1569 - ERROR_QUERY_FAIL_CALLED

Will be raised when the function FAIL() is called from inside a query.

  • 1570 - ERROR_QUERY_GEO_INDEX_MISSING

Will be raised when a geo restriction was specified but no suitable geo index is found to resolve it.

  • 1571 - ERROR_QUERY_FULLTEXT_INDEX_MISSING

Will be raised when a fulltext query is performed on a collection without a suitable fulltext index.

  • 1572 - ERROR_QUERY_INVALID_DATE_VALUE

Will be raised when a value cannot be converted to a date.

  • 1573 - ERROR_QUERY_MULTI_MODIFY

Will be raised when an AQL query contains more than one data-modifying operation.

  • 1574 - ERROR_QUERY_INVALID_AGGREGATE_EXPRESSION

Will be raised when an AQL query contains an invalid aggregate expression.

  • 1575 - ERROR_QUERY_COMPILE_TIME_OPTIONS

Will be raised when an AQL data-modification query contains options that cannot be figured out at query compile time.

  • 1576 - ERROR_QUERY_EXCEPTION_OPTIONS

Will be raised when an AQL data-modification query contains an invalid options specification.

  • 1577 - ERROR_QUERY_FORCED_INDEX_HINT_UNUSABLE

Will be raised when forceIndexHint is specified

  • 1578 - ERROR_QUERY_DISALLOWED_DYNAMIC_CALL

Will be raised when a dynamic function call is made to a function that cannot be called dynamically.

  • 1579 - ERROR_QUERY_ACCESS_AFTER_MODIFICATION

Will be raised when collection data are accessed after a data-modification operation.

AQL user function errors

  • 1580 - ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_INVALID_NAME

Will be raised when a user function with an invalid name is registered.

  • 1581 - ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_INVALID_CODE

Will be raised when a user function is registered with invalid code.

  • 1582 - ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a user function is accessed but not found.

  • 1583 - ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_RUNTIME_ERROR

Will be raised when a user function throws a runtime exception.

AQL query registry errors

  • 1590 - ERROR_QUERY_BAD_JSON_PLAN

Will be raised when an HTTP API for a query got an invalid JSON object.

  • 1591 - ERROR_QUERY_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when an Id of a query is not found by the HTTP API.

  • 1593 - ERROR_QUERY_USER_ASSERT

Will be raised if and user provided expression fails to evalutate to true

  • 1594 - ERROR_QUERY_USER_WARN

Will be raised if and user provided expression fails to evalutate to true

ArangoDB cursor errors

  • 1600 - ERROR_CURSOR_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a cursor is requested via its id but a cursor with that id cannot be found.

  • 1601 - ERROR_CURSOR_BUSY

Will be raised when a cursor is requested via its id but a concurrent request is still using the cursor.

ArangoDB transaction errors

  • 1650 - ERROR_TRANSACTION_INTERNAL

Will be raised when a wrong usage of transactions is detected. this is an internal error and indicates a bug in ArangoDB.

  • 1651 - ERROR_TRANSACTION_NESTED

Will be raised when transactions are nested.

  • 1652 - ERROR_TRANSACTION_UNREGISTERED_COLLECTION

Will be raised when a collection is used in the middle of a transaction but was not registered at transaction start.

  • 1653 - ERROR_TRANSACTION_DISALLOWED_OPERATION

Will be raised when a disallowed operation is carried out in a transaction.

  • 1654 - ERROR_TRANSACTION_ABORTED

Will be raised when a transaction was aborted.

  • 1655 - ERROR_TRANSACTION_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a transaction was not found.

User management errors

  • 1700 - ERROR_USER_INVALID_NAME

Will be raised when an invalid user name is used.

  • 1702 - ERROR_USER_DUPLICATE

Will be raised when a user name already exists.

  • 1703 - ERROR_USER_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a user name is updated that does not exist.

  • 1705 - ERROR_USER_EXTERNAL

Will be raised when the user is authenicated by an external server.

Service management errors (legacy)

  • 1752 - ERROR_SERVICE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED

Will be raised when a service download from the central repository failed.

  • 1753 - ERROR_SERVICE_UPLOAD_FAILED

Will be raised when a service upload from the client to the ArangoDB server failed.

LDAP errors

  • 1800 - ERROR_LDAP_CANNOT_INIT

can not init a LDAP connection

  • 1801 - ERROR_LDAP_CANNOT_SET_OPTION

can not set a LDAP option

  • 1802 - ERROR_LDAP_CANNOT_BIND

can not bind to a LDAP server

  • 1803 - ERROR_LDAP_CANNOT_UNBIND

can not unbind from a LDAP server

  • 1804 - ERROR_LDAP_CANNOT_SEARCH

can not search the LDAP server

  • 1805 - ERROR_LDAP_CANNOT_START_TLS

can not star a TLS LDAP session

  • 1806 - ERROR_LDAP_FOUND_NO_OBJECTS

LDAP didn’t found any objects with the specified search query

  • 1807 - ERROR_LDAP_NOT_ONE_USER_FOUND

LDAP found zero ore more than one user

  • 1808 - ERROR_LDAP_USER_NOT_IDENTIFIED

but its not the desired one

  • 1820 - ERROR_LDAP_INVALID_MODE

cant distinguish a valid mode for provided ldap configuration

Task errors

  • 1850 - ERROR_TASK_INVALID_ID

Will be raised when a task is created with an invalid id.

  • 1851 - ERROR_TASK_DUPLICATE_ID

Will be raised when a task id is created with a duplicate id.

  • 1852 - ERROR_TASK_NOT_FOUND

Will be raised when a task with the specified id could not be found.

Graph / traversal errors

  • 1901 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_GRAPH

Will be raised when an invalid name is passed to the server.

  • 1902 - ERROR_GRAPH_COULD_NOT_CREATE_GRAPH

Will be raised when an invalid name

  • 1903 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_VERTEX

Will be raised when an invalid vertex id is passed to the server.

  • 1904 - ERROR_GRAPH_COULD_NOT_CREATE_VERTEX

Will be raised when the vertex could not be created.

  • 1905 - ERROR_GRAPH_COULD_NOT_CHANGE_VERTEX

Will be raised when the vertex could not be changed.

  • 1906 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_EDGE

Will be raised when an invalid edge id is passed to the server.

  • 1907 - ERROR_GRAPH_COULD_NOT_CREATE_EDGE

Will be raised when the edge could not be created.

  • 1908 - ERROR_GRAPH_COULD_NOT_CHANGE_EDGE

Will be raised when the edge could not be changed.

  • 1909 - ERROR_GRAPH_TOO_MANY_ITERATIONS

Will be raised when too many iterations are done in a graph traversal.

  • 1910 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_FILTER_RESULT

Will be raised when an invalid filter result is returned in a graph traversal.

  • 1920 - ERROR_GRAPH_COLLECTION_MULTI_USE

an edge collection may only be used once in one edge definition of a graph.

  • 1921 - ERROR_GRAPH_COLLECTION_USE_IN_MULTI_GRAPHS

is already used by another graph in a different edge definition.

  • 1922 - ERROR_GRAPH_CREATE_MISSING_NAME

a graph name is required to create a graph.

  • 1923 - ERROR_GRAPH_CREATE_MALFORMED_EDGE_DEFINITION

the edge definition is malformed. It has to be an array of objects.

  • 1924 - ERROR_GRAPH_NOT_FOUND

a graph with this name could not be found.

  • 1925 - ERROR_GRAPH_DUPLICATE

a graph with this name already exists.

  • 1926 - ERROR_GRAPH_VERTEX_COL_DOES_NOT_EXIST

the specified vertex collection does not exist or is not part of the graph.

  • 1927 - ERROR_GRAPH_WRONG_COLLECTION_TYPE_VERTEX

the collection is not a vertex collection.

  • 1928 - ERROR_GRAPH_NOT_IN_ORPHAN_COLLECTION

Vertex collection not in list of orphan collections of the graph.

  • 1929 - ERROR_GRAPH_COLLECTION_USED_IN_EDGE_DEF

The collection is already used in an edge definition of the graph.

  • 1930 - ERROR_GRAPH_EDGE_COLLECTION_NOT_USED

The edge collection is not used in any edge definition of the graph.

  • 1932 - ERROR_GRAPH_NO_GRAPH_COLLECTION

collection _graphs does not exist.

  • 1933 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_EXAMPLE_ARRAY_OBJECT_STRING

Array or Object

  • 1934 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_EXAMPLE_ARRAY_OBJECT

Invalid example type. Has to be Array or Object.

  • 1935 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS

Invalid number of arguments. Expected:

  • 1936 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_PARAMETER

Invalid parameter type.

  • 1937 - ERROR_GRAPH_INVALID_ID

Invalid id

  • 1938 - ERROR_GRAPH_COLLECTION_USED_IN_ORPHANS

The collection is already used in the orphans of the graph.

  • 1939 - ERROR_GRAPH_EDGE_COL_DOES_NOT_EXIST

the specified edge collection does not exist or is not part of the graph.

  • 1940 - ERROR_GRAPH_EMPTY

The requested graph has no edge collections.

  • 1941 - ERROR_GRAPH_INTERNAL_DATA_CORRUPT

The _graphs collection contains invalid data.

  • 1942 - ERROR_GRAPH_INTERNAL_EDGE_COLLECTION_ALREADY_SET

Tried to add an edge collection which is already defined.

  • 1943 - ERROR_GRAPH_CREATE_MALFORMED_ORPHAN_LIST

the orphan list argument is malformed. It has to be an array of strings.

  • 1944 - ERROR_GRAPH_EDGE_DEFINITION_IS_DOCUMENT

the collection used as a relation is existing

Session errors

  • 1950 - ERROR_SESSION_UNKNOWN

Will be raised when an invalid/unknown session id is passed to the server.

  • 1951 - ERROR_SESSION_EXPIRED

Will be raised when a session is expired.

Simple Client errors

  • 2000 - ERROR_SIMPLE_CLIENT_UNKNOWN_ERROR

This error should not happen.

  • 2001 - ERROR_SIMPLE_CLIENT_COULD_NOT_CONNECT

Will be raised when the client could not connect to the server.

  • 2002 - ERROR_SIMPLE_CLIENT_COULD_NOT_WRITE

Will be raised when the client could not write data.

  • 2003 - ERROR_SIMPLE_CLIENT_COULD_NOT_READ

Will be raised when the client could not read data.

  • 2019 - ERROR_WAS_ERLAUBE

Will be raised if was erlaube?!

Communicator errors

  • 2100 - ERROR_COMMUNICATOR_REQUEST_ABORTED

Request was aborted.

  • 2101 - ERROR_COMMUNICATOR_DISABLED

Communication was disabled.

internal AQL errors

  • 2200 - ERROR_INTERNAL_AQL

Internal error during AQL execution

  • 2201 - ERROR_WROTE_TOO_FEW_OUTPUT_REGISTERS

An AQL block wrote too few output registers

  • 2202 - ERROR_WROTE_TOO_MANY_OUTPUT_REGISTERS

An AQL block wrote too many output registers

  • 2203 - ERROR_WROTE_OUTPUT_REGISTER_TWICE

An AQL block wrote an output register twice

  • 2204 - ERROR_WROTE_IN_WRONG_REGISTER

An AQL block wrote in a register that is not its output

  • 2205 - ERROR_INPUT_REGISTERS_NOT_COPIED

An AQL block did not copy its input registers

Foxx management errors

  • 3000 - ERROR_MALFORMED_MANIFEST_FILE

The service manifest file is not well-formed JSON.

  • 3001 - ERROR_INVALID_SERVICE_MANIFEST

The service manifest contains invalid values.

  • 3002 - ERROR_SERVICE_FILES_MISSING

The service folder or bundle does not exist on this server.

  • 3003 - ERROR_SERVICE_FILES_OUTDATED

The local service bundle does not match the checksum in the database.

  • 3004 - ERROR_INVALID_FOXX_OPTIONS

The service options contain invalid values.

  • 3007 - ERROR_INVALID_MOUNTPOINT

The service mountpath contains invalid characters.

  • 3009 - ERROR_SERVICE_NOT_FOUND

No service found at the given mountpath.

  • 3010 - ERROR_SERVICE_NEEDS_CONFIGURATION

The service is missing configuration or dependencies.

  • 3011 - ERROR_SERVICE_MOUNTPOINT_CONFLICT

A service already exists at the given mountpath.

  • 3012 - ERROR_SERVICE_MANIFEST_NOT_FOUND

The service directory does not contain a manifest file.

  • 3013 - ERROR_SERVICE_OPTIONS_MALFORMED

The service options are not well-formed JSON.

  • 3014 - ERROR_SERVICE_SOURCE_NOT_FOUND

The source path does not match a file or directory.

  • 3015 - ERROR_SERVICE_SOURCE_ERROR

The source path could not be resolved.

  • 3016 - ERROR_SERVICE_UNKNOWN_SCRIPT

The service does not have a script with this name.

  • 3099 - ERROR_SERVICE_API_DISABLED

The API for managing Foxx services has been disabled on this server.

JavaScript module loader errors

  • 3100 - ERROR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND

The module path could not be resolved.

  • 3101 - ERROR_MODULE_SYNTAX_ERROR

The module could not be parsed because of a syntax error.

  • 3103 - ERROR_MODULE_FAILURE

Failed to invoke the module in its context.

Enterprise errors

  • 4000 - ERROR_NO_SMART_COLLECTION

The requested collection needs to be smart

  • 4001 - ERROR_NO_SMART_GRAPH_ATTRIBUTE

The given document does not have the smart graph attribute set.

  • 4002 - ERROR_CANNOT_DROP_SMART_COLLECTION

This smart collection cannot be dropped

  • 4003 - ERROR_KEY_MUST_BE_PREFIXED_WITH_SMART_GRAPH_ATTRIBUTE

In a smart vertex collection _key must be prefixed with the value of the smart graph attribute.

  • 4004 - ERROR_ILLEGAL_SMART_GRAPH_ATTRIBUTE

The given smartGraph attribute is illegal and connot be used for sharding. All system attributes are forbidden.

  • 4005 - ERROR_SMART_GRAPH_ATTRIBUTE_MISMATCH

The smart graph attribute of the given collection does not match the smart graph attribute of the graph.

  • 4006 - ERROR_INVALID_SMART_JOIN_ATTRIBUTE

Will be raised when the smartJoinAttribute declaration is invalid.

  • 4007 - ERROR_KEY_MUST_BE_PREFIXED_WITH_SMART_JOIN_ATTRIBUTE

when using smartJoinAttribute for a collection

  • 4008 - ERROR_NO_SMART_JOIN_ATTRIBUTE

The given document does not have the required smart join attribute set or it has an invalid value.

  • 4009 - ERROR_CLUSTER_MUST_NOT_CHANGE_SMART_JOIN_ATTRIBUTE

Will be raised if there is an attempt to update the value of the smartJoinAttribute.

Cluster repair errors

  • 5000 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_FAILED

General error during cluster repairs

  • 5001 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_NOT_ENOUGH_HEALTHY

Will be raised when

  • 5002 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_REPLICATION_FACTOR_VIOLATED

Will be raised on various inconsistencies regarding the replication factor

  • 5003 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_NO_DBSERVERS

Will be raised if a collection that is fixed has some shard without DB Servers

  • 5004 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_MISMATCHING_LEADERS

Will be raised if a shard in collection and its prototype in the corresponding distributeShardsLike collection have mismatching leaders (when they should already have been fixed)

  • 5005 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_MISMATCHING_FOLLOWERS

Will be raised if a shard in collection and its prototype in the corresponding distributeShardsLike collection don’t have the same followers (when they should already have been adjusted)

  • 5006 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_INCONSISTENT_ATTRIBUTES

Will be raised if a collection that is fixed does (not) have distributeShardsLike when it is expected

  • 5007 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_MISMATCHING_SHARDS

Will be raised if in a collection and its distributeShardsLike prototype collection some shard and its prototype have an unequal number of DB Servers

  • 5008 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_JOB_FAILED

Will be raised if a move shard job in the agency failed during cluster repairs

  • 5009 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_JOB_DISAPPEARED

Will be raised if a move shard job in the agency cannot be found anymore before it finished

  • 5010 - ERROR_CLUSTER_REPAIRS_OPERATION_FAILED

Will be raised if an agency transaction failed during either sending or executing it.

Agency errors

  • 20011 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_BE_OBJECT

The inform message in the agency must be an object.

  • 20012 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_CONTAIN_TERM

The inform message in the agency must contain a uint parameter ‘term’.

  • 20013 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_CONTAIN_ID

The inform message in the agency must contain a string parameter ‘id’.

  • 20014 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_CONTAIN_ACTIVE

The inform message in the agency must contain an array ‘active’.

  • 20015 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_CONTAIN_POOL

The inform message in the agency must contain an object ‘pool’.

  • 20016 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_CONTAIN_MIN_PING

The inform message in the agency must contain an object ‘min ping’.

  • 20017 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_CONTAIN_MAX_PING

The inform message in the agency must contain an object ‘max ping’.

  • 20018 - ERROR_AGENCY_INFORM_MUST_CONTAIN_TIMEOUT_MULT

The inform message in the agency must contain an object ‘timeoutMult’.

  • 20021 - ERROR_AGENCY_CANNOT_REBUILD_DBS

Will be raised if the readDB or the spearHead cannot be rebuilt from the replicated log.

Supervision errors

  • 20501 - ERROR_SUPERVISION_GENERAL_FAILURE

General supervision failure.

Dispatcher errors

  • 21003 - ERROR_QUEUE_FULL

Will be returned if a queue with this name is full.

Maintenance errors

  • 6002 - ERROR_ACTION_OPERATION_UNABORTABLE

This maintenance action cannot be stopped once it is started

  • 6003 - ERROR_ACTION_UNFINISHED

This maintenance action is still processing

  • 6004 - ERROR_NO_SUCH_ACTION

No such maintenance action exists

Backup/Restore errors

  • 7001 - ERROR_HOT_BACKUP_INTERNAL

Failed to create hot backup set

  • 7002 - ERROR_HOT_RESTORE_INTERNAL

Failed to restore to hot backup set

  • 7003 - ERROR_BACKUP_TOPOLOGY

The hot backup set cannot be restored on non matching cluster topology

  • 7004 - ERROR_NO_SPACE_LEFT_ON_DEVICE

No space left on device

  • 7005 - ERROR_FAILED_TO_UPLOAD_BACKUP

Failed to upload hot backup set to remote target

  • 7006 - ERROR_FAILED_TO_DOWNLOAD_BACKUP

Failed to downloadload hot backup set from remote source

  • 7007 - ERROR_NO_SUCH_HOT_BACKUP

Cannot find a hot backup set with this Id

  • 7008 - ERROR_REMOTE_REPOSITORY_CONFIG_BAD

The configuration given for upload or download operation to/from remote hotback repositories is wrong.

  • 7009 - ERROR_LOCAL_LOCK_FAILED

Some of the db servers cannot be reached for transaction locks.

  • 7010 - ERROR_LOCAL_LOCK_RETRY

Some of the db servers cannot be reached for transaction locks.

  • 7011 - ERROR_HOT_BACKUP_CONFLICT

Conflict of multiple hot backup processes.

  • 7012 - ERROR_HOT_BACKUP_DBSERVERS_AWOL

One or more db servers could not be reached for hot backup inquiry