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Network response messages and their descriptions.
Network Response MessagesDescription
INVALID_TOPIC_IDThe Topic ID specified is not in the system.
TOPIC_DELETEDThe Topic has been deleted
INVALID_TOPIC_EXPIRATION_TIME​The expiration time set for the topic is not valid
INVALID_TOPIC_ADMIN_KEY​The adminKey associated with the topic is not correct
INVALID_TOPIC_SUBMIT_KEY​The submitKey associated with the topic is not correct
UNAUTHORIZEDAn attempted operation was not authorized (ie - a deleteTopic for a topic with no adminKey)
INVALID_TOPIC_MESSAGEA ConsensusService message is empty
INVALID_AUTORENEW_ACCOUNTThe autoRenewAccount specified is not a valid, active account.
AUTORENEW_ACCOUNT_NOT_ALLOWEDAn admin key was not specified on the topic, so there must not be an autorenew account.
AUTORENEW_ACCOUNT_SIGNATURE_MISSINGThe autoRenewAccount didn’t sign the transaction.
INVALID_CHUNK_NUMBERChunk number must be from 1 to total (chunks) inclusive
InvalidChunkTransactionIdFor every chunk, the payer account that is part of initialTransactionID must match the Payer Account of this transaction. The entire initialTransactionID should match the transactionID of the first chunk, but this is not checked or enforced by Hedera except when the chunk number is 1.
TopicExpiredThe topic has expired, was not automatically renewed, and is in a 7 day grace period before the topic will be deleted unrecoverably. This error response code will not be returned until autoRenew functionality is supported by HAPI.
MAX_ENTRIES_FOR_FEE_EXEMPT_KEY_LIST_EXCEEDEDThe provided fee exempt key list size exceeded the limit.
FEE_EXEMPT_KEY_LIST_CONTAINS_DUPLICATED_KEYSThe provided fee exempt key list contains duplicated keys.
INVALID_KEY_IN_FEE_EXEMPT_KEY_LISTThe provided fee exempt key list contains an invalid key.
INVALID_FEE_SCHEDULE_KEYThe provided fee schedule key contains an invalid key.
FEE_SCHEDULE_KEY_CANNOT_BE_UPDATEDIf a fee schedule key is not set when creating a topic, it cannot be added on update.
FEE_SCHEDULE_KEY_NOT_SETIf the topic’s custom fees are updated, the topic must have a fee schedule key.
MAX_CUSTOM_FEE_LIMIT_EXCEEDEDThe fee amount exceeds the amount that the payer is willing to pay.
NO_VALID_MAX_CUSTOM_FEEThere are no corresponding custom fees.
INVALID_MAX_CUSTOM_FEESThe provided list contains invalid max custom fees.
DUPLICATE_DENOMINATION_IN_MAX_CUSTOM_FEE_LISTThe provided max custom fee list contains fees with duplicate denominations.
DUPLICATE_ACCOUNT_ID_IN_MAX_CUSTOM_FEE_LISTThe provided max custom fee list contains fees with duplicate account IDs.
MAX_CUSTOM_FEES_IS_NOT_SUPPORTEDMax custom fees list is not supported for this operation.