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Error Codes

The Task History screen on your WooCommerce store shows all Trigger and Action tasks, as well as any errors that may have occurred.

The Task History screen is located at WordPress DashboardWooCommerceZapierTask History.

Errored tasks are shown with a red Error status:

Hovering over the Error Task will show the error code, and clicking on the Get Help link will take you to the relevant error documentation.

An Errored Task

Each error has a unique error code, which can be used to identify the cause of the error.

WooCommerce Zapier Plugin Version 2.10 Required

Please ensure you update the WooCommerce Zapier plugin to version 2.10.0 to use this functionality.

Common Error Codes

The most commonly occurring error codes are listed below, along with solutions to resolve them.

action_scheduler_failure

These errors occur when a Trigger in WooCommerce attempts to send data to zapier.com, but the Action Scheduler action encounters an error.

View the Task History record that has the Error status, and more details about the error will be available in the Message column.

Click on the relevant error message below for the next steps.

Action Scheduler Failure: action marked as failed after 300 seconds. Unknown error occurred. Check server, PHP and database error logs to diagnose cause.

Action Scheduler was unable to complete the task within 300 seconds.

Consult the Failed Tasks documentation.

http_request_failed

This occurs when a Trigger in WooCommerce attempts to send data to zapier.com, but the request fails.

View the Task History record that has the Error status, and more details about the error will be available in the Message column.

Click on the relevant error message below for the next steps.

Communication error with zapier.com: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after x milliseconds with 0 bytes received

The network connection between your website and zapier.com timed out.

This can occur if:

  • Your website is under heavy load, or if your website is hosted on a slow server.
  • Zapier.com is having availability issues.

  • Consult the Zapier Service Outages documentation.

rest_missing_callback_param

This occurs when a required field is missing from the data sent to a WooCommerce Create action.

View the Task History record that has the Error status, and more details about the error will be available in the Message column.

Edit your Zap’s Create action step, and ensure that all required fields are populated with valid values.

trigger_error_response

This occurs when a Trigger in WooCommerce attempts to send data to zapier.com, but zapier.com responds with an unexpected error.

Click on the relevant error message below for the next steps.

This can occur if Zapier.com is having availability issues.

View the Task History record that has the Error status, and more details about the error will be available in the Message column.

Consult the Zapier Service Outages documentation.

woocommerce_rest_cannot_view

This occurs when a WooCommerce webhook (Trigger) was created by a WordPress user that no longer exists.

See Webhook Payload Issues.

woocommerce_rest_invalid_id

This occurs when using the Create Subscription Note action and the subscription ID provided does not exist.

Ensure the Subscription Id field is set to the ID of an existing WooCommerce subscription.

woocommerce_rest_order_invalid_id

This occurs when using the Create Order Note action and the order ID provided does not exist.

Ensure the Order Id field is set to the ID of an existing WooCommerce order.

woocommerce_rest_product_invalid_id

This occurs when using the Update Product Price action or Update Product Stock Quantity action and the Product Identifier field is set to ID, and the Product Value field is set to a product ID that does not exist.

  • Ensure the Product Value field is set to the ID of an existing WooCommerce product.
  • Alternatively, set the Product Identifier field to SKU and ensure the Product Value field is set to a valid product SKU.

woocommerce_rest_product_stock_management_disabled

This occurs when using the Update Product Stock Quantity action and the product does not have stock management enabled.

Edit the product in WooCommerce, and ensure the inventory settings have stock management enabled. Please see here for details.

woocommerce_rest_shop_coupon_invalid_id

This occurs when using the Update Coupon action and the coupon ID provided does not exist.

Ensure the Coupon Id field is set to the ID of an existing WooCommerce coupon.

woocommerce_rest_shop_order_invalid_id

This occurs when using the Update Order action and the order ID provided does not exist.

Ensure the Order Id field is set to the ID of an existing WooCommerce order.