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CUSTOMER_EXTERNAL_ID_EXISTS

External id already in use

External id already in use

HTTP status 409 Conflict, code CUSTOMER_EXTERNAL_ID_EXISTS.

What it means#

Another live customer already has this externalId. It is unique per organisation, or per account in an organisation whose customer data is held per account.

What to do#

Use the existing customer, or a different external id.

On the wire#

Every error response carrying this code names this page in error.moreInfo, with the request id in the query string. See Error codes for the response shape and the list of every code.