SMPP error codes
The following table lists the SMPP error codes used during the SMPP communication between an SMPP client and an SMPP server. These error messages are returned in the command status parameter of an SMPP response PDU. For example if you send an SMS using the smpp submit_sm PDU, you can receive an error code in the smpp submit_sm_resp PDU response.
The most frequent SMPP error code:
| Error Number | Error Name | Error Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00000069 | ESME_RSUBMITFAIL | Generic submission failure |
SMPP status code representation
The SMPP error codes are always represented in a 4 byte long hexadecimal number. Currently only the last two bytes of this number is used to represent various error conditions. Some SMS service providers extend this table with their custom error codes. The table below prints the error number, the error name according to the SMPP protocol definition, and the error messages.
SMPP error codes
| Error Number | Error Name | Error Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00000000 | ESME_ROK | No Error |
| 0x00000001 | ESME_RINVMSGLEN | Message too long |
| 0x00000002 | ESME_RINVCMDLEN | Command length is invalid |
| 0x00000003 | ESME_RINVCMDID | Command ID is invalid or not supported |
| 0x00000004 | ESME_RINVBNDSTS | Incorrect bind status for given command |
| 0x00000005 | ESME_RALYBND | Already bound |
| 0x00000006 | ESME_RINVPRTFLG | Invalid Priority Flag |
| 0x00000007 | ESME_RINVREGDLVFLG | Invalid registered delivery flag |
| 0x00000008 | ESME_RSYSERR | System error |
| 0x0000000A | ESME_RINVSRCADR | Invalid source address |
| 0x0000000B | ESME_RINVDSTADR | Invalid destination address |
| 0x0000000C | ESME_RINVMSGID | Message ID is invalid |
| 0x0000000D | ESME_RBINDFAIL | Bind failed |
| 0x0000000E | ESME_RINVPASWD | Invalid password |
| 0x0000000F | ESME_RINVSYSID | Invalid System ID |
| 0x00000011 | ESME_RCANCELFAIL | Cancelling message failed |
| 0x00000013 | ESME_RREPLACEFAIL | Message replacement failed |
| 0x00000014 | ESME_RMSSQFUL | Message queue full |
| 0x00000015 | ESME_RINVSERTYP | Invalid service type |
| 0x00000033 | ESME_RINVNUMDESTS | Invalid number of destinations |
| 0x00000034 | ESME_RINVDLNAME | Invalid distribution list name |
| 0x00000040 | ESME_RINVDESTFLAG | Invalid destination flag |
| 0x00000042 | ESME_RINVSUBREP | Invalid submit with replace request |
| 0x00000043 | ESME_RINVESMCLASS | Invalid esm class set |
| 0x00000044 | ESME_RCNTSUBDL | Invalid submit to distribution list |
| 0x00000045 | ESME_RSUBMITFAIL | Submitting message has failed |
| 0x00000048 | ESME_RINVSRCTON | Invalid source address type of number ( TON ) |
| 0x00000049 | ESME_RINVSRCNPI | Invalid source address numbering plan ( NPI ) |
| 0x00000050 | ESME_RINVDSTTON | Invalid destination address type of number ( TON ) |
| 0x00000051 | ESME_RINVDSTNPI | Invalid destination address numbering plan ( NPI ) |
| 0x00000053 | ESME_RINVSYSTYP | Invalid system type |
| 0x00000054 | ESME_RINVREPFLAG | Invalid replace_if_present flag |
| 0x00000055 | ESME_RINVNUMMSGS | Invalid number of messages |
| 0x00000058 | ESME_RTHROTTLED | Throttling error |
| 0x00000061 | ESME_RINVSCHED | Invalid scheduled delivery time |
| 0x00000062 | ESME_RINVEXPIRY | Invalid Validity Period value |
| 0x00000063 | ESME_RINVDFTMSGID | Predefined message not found |
| 0x00000064 | ESME_RX_T_APPN | ESME Receiver temporary error |
| 0x00000065 | ESME_RX_P_APPN | ESME Receiver permanent error |
| 0x00000066 | ESME_RX_R_APPN | ESME Receiver reject message error |
| 0x00000067 | ESME_RQUERYFAIL | Message query request failed |
| 0x000000C0 | ESME_RINVTLVSTREAM | Error in the optional part of the PDU body |
| 0x000000C1 | ESME_RTLVNOTALLWD | TLV not allowed |
| 0x000000C2 | ESME_RINVTLVLEN | Invalid parameter length |
| 0x000000C3 | ESME_RMISSINGTLV | Expected TLV missing |
| 0x000000C4 | ESME_RINVTLVVAL | Invalid TLV value |
| 0x000000FE | ESME_RDELIVERYFAILURE | Transaction delivery failure |
| 0x000000FF | ESME_RUNKNOWNERR | Unknown error |
| 0x00000100 | ESME_RSERTYPUNAUTH | ESME not authorised to use specified service type |
| 0x00000101 | ESME_RPROHIBITED | ESME prohibited from using specified operation |
| 0x00000102 | ESME_RSERTYPUNAVAIL | Specified service type is unavailable |
| 0x00000103 | ESME_RSERTYPDENIED | Specified service type is denied |
| 0x00000104 | ESME_RINVDCS | Invalid data coding scheme |
| 0x00000105 | ESME_RINVSRCADDRSUBUNIT | Invalid source address subunit |
| 0x00000106 | ESME_RINVSTDADDRSUBUNIR | Invalid destination address subunit |
| 0x0000040B | ESME_RINVBALANCE | Insufficient credits to send message |
| 0x0000040C | ESME_RUNESME_SPRTDDESTADDR | Destination address blocked by the ActiveXperts SMPP Demo Server |
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