Backend Unavailable
The resource is not in the state required by the requested operation.
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- 1The resource is not in the state required by the requested operation.
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- 1The resource is not in the state required by the requested operation.
Backend Unavailable
backend_unavailablestate
Retry: Not before correctionWhat happened
The resource is not in the state required by the requested operation.
Possible causes
- Asynchronous work is still in progress.conditional
- The job or export reached a terminal failed state.conditional
Check in this order
Verify the response evidenceread-only
Read the owned resource status and failure evidence before taking another action.
error.code · HTTP status · request_id · X-Trace-Id
Safe recovery
Correct the cause before retryingmutation
Poll only until the declared terminal state. Recreate or retry work only when the failure classification permits it.
Retry: Not before correctionSuccess evidence
- A new response satisfies the documented success contract.
Stop condition
Do not retry until the diagnostic check identifies a corrected input or configuration.
Affected API operations
GET/connected-cataloglistConnectedProducts401, 429, 502, 503 · Open API referenceGET/connected-catalog/{productId}getConnectedProduct401, 429, 502, 503 · Open API referenceGET/connected-catalog/{productId}/historygetConnectedProductHistory401, 422, 429, 502, 503 · Open API referenceAccess and surfaces
scope:catalog:read
Verification evidence
Contractverifiedcontract-derivedSynthetic recoverynot-applicablecontract-derivedRead-only staging canarynot-applicablecontract-derivedProduction observationno-evidencecontract-derived