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Error: conflict (409)

The request conflicts with the current state of the resource. Wait for the resource to reach the expected state and retry.

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The conflict error occurs when a request cannot be completed because the resource is in a state that conflicts with the requested operation.

Details

Section titled “Details”
  • HTTP Status: 409 Conflict
  • Retryable: Yes
  • Task State: FAILED

When does this occur?

Section titled “When does this occur?”

This error is returned when:

  • You attempt to cancel a task that is still in the pending state (the task has not yet been claimed by a worker)

The operation can typically succeed once the resource transitions to the expected state.

Example response

Section titled “Example response”
{
  "type": "/factories/api-and-sdk/troubleshooting/errors/conflict/",
  "title": "Pending agent runs cannot be cancelled, retry after a moment.",
  "status": 409,
  "instance": "/api/v1/agent/tasks/abc123/cancel",
  "error": "Pending agent runs cannot be cancelled, retry after a moment.",
  "retryable": true
}

How to resolve

Section titled “How to resolve”
  1. Wait a moment for the resource to transition to the expected state.
  2. Retry the request.

For task cancellation specifically, wait until the task moves from pending to in progress before attempting to cancel.

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