---
title: Errors
description: Like all other responses, errors are returned as SCIM responses with a media type of application/scim+json.
component: pingdirectory
page_id: pingdirectory:directory-proxy-scim:errors
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/directory-proxy-scim/errors.html
section_ids:
  password-update-errors: Password update errors
---

# Errors

Like all other responses, errors are returned as SCIM responses with a media type of `application/scim+json`.

Some errors contain correlation IDs that can be used to troubleshoot. For more information, refer to [Troubleshoot the SCIM 2.0 Servlet Extension](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/latest/managing_scim_11_and_20_servlet_extensions/pd_proxy_troubleshoot_scim_2_servelet_ext.html).

| Field    | Type   | Provided? | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------- | ------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| schemas  | array  | always    | SCIM schemas used in the error message. The schemas array always includes the value `urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error` to identify the message as an error. Other schema values can be present if Ping Identity-proprietary error fields are used. |
| status   | number | always    | The HTTP status code of the error. This is always in the `400` or `500` range.                                                                                                                                                                                |
| scimType | string |           | An error code defined by [RFC 7644](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7644), section 3.12.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| detail   | string |           | A human-readable error description. In some cases, this field contains a correlation ID corresponding to log messages on the endpoint server.                                                                                                                 |

```json
{
    "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error"
    ],
    "status": "400",
    "detail": "Request failed: correlationID='269bb1a8-8c51-48b3-83a0-380e1d4b4ab9'"
}
```

## Password update errors

If an error response is returned because of a password update failure, an additional field is provided under the `urn:unboundid:scim:api:messages:2.0:PasswordUpdateError` schema URN.

| Field                | Type  | Provided? | Description                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| passwordRequirements | array |           | An array of password quality requirements. These are rules that must be satisfied in order to successfully change a password. |

```json
{
     "detail": "The provided new password cannot be the same as the current password or any password in the user's password history",
     "schemas": [
         "urn:pingidentity:scim:api:messages:2.0:PasswordUpdateError"
     ],
     "scimType": "invalidValue",
     "status": 400,
     "urn:pingidentity:scim:api:messages:2.0:PasswordUpdateError": {
         "passwordRequirements": [
             {
                 "additionalInfo": "The provided new password cannot be the same as the current password or any password in the user's password history.",
                 "description": "The new password must not be the same as the current password.",
                 "requirementSatisfied": false,
                 "type": "notCurrentPassword"
             }
         ]
     }
 }
```