Understanding Content Ingestion Error Codes

Understanding Content Ingestion Error Codes

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Please refer to the following list of error codes and suggested actions below. These can be searched by Error Message or by Error Code. Please note, many of the errors are rare and most can be resolved easily by following the suggested action.

If the error persists after trying the suggested action, or if you have other questions, please email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.

*When contacting publisherenablement@vitalsource.com, please include the error code or message and any other applicable information.

Error Message and Suggested Action

QSR_001     QSR_002     QSR_003     QSR_004     QSR_005     QSR_006     QSR_007     QSR_008     QSR_009     QSR_011     
QSR_012   QSR_013     QSR_014     QSR_015     QSR_016     QSR_017     QSR_018     QSR_019     QSR_020     QSR_021     
QSR_022     QSR_023     QSR_024     QSR_025     QSR_027.   QSR_028     QSR_029     QSR_030     QSR_031     QSR_032   
QSR_033     QSR_034     QSR_035     QSR_043.    QSR_044.  QSR_045

Error Message: An internal error occurred. Please wait a moment and submit your file again. If you still receive this error, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Codes:
QSR_001     QSR_002     QSR_003     QSR_007     QSR_009     QSR_014     QSR_017     QSR_020     QSR_021     QSR_022

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Error Message: An internal error occurred. Please contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Codes: QSR_005    QSR_033

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Error Message: An error occurred while preflighting the source file. Please contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Codes: QSR_006     QSR_011    QSR_012     QSR_013

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Error Message: An error occurred while attempting to read metadata from the source file. Please contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Codes: QSR_008    QSR_015

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Error Message: An error occurred while building the VBK file. Please contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Codes: QSR_016     QSR_018     QSR_043

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Error Message:Failed to extract cover file from source. If this is an EPUB, please ensure that the EPUB <cover-image> item points to a valid JPG or PNG file and resubmit. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_019

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Error Message: Source file rejected: File does not appear to be a valid source file type. Please ensure your file is properly zipped or exported and resubmit. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_023

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Error Message: Source file rejected: Rebuilding DASH titles is not allowed. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_024

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Error Message: Source file rejected: Rebuilding Picture Book titles is not allowed. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_025

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Error Message: Changing the VBK format is not allowed. The VBID is configured as a PDF in Manage but the submitted file is an EPUB. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_026

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Error Message: Rebuilding accessibility-enabled titles is not allowed.
For Code: QSR_027

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Error Message: Changing the VBK format is not allowed. The VBID is configured as an EPUB in Manage but the submitted file is a PDF. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_028

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Error Message: Source file rejected: The title is configured as a DASH conversion in Manage, but the source file is missing the required identifying metadata. Only the original source file will be accepted. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_029

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Error Message: Source file rejected: The EPUB contains the following empty files: [FILES]. Please fix or remove the files and resubmit. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_030

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Error Message: Source file rejected: Significant problems with the content were found during preflighting. This can be caused by fatal-severity problems or certain other errors in EPUBCheck. Please rerun EPUBCheck and resubmit. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_031

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Error Message: The file took too long to process and ingestion was terminated. Please contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_032

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Error Message: Critical problem(s) detected in PDF file. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_034

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Error Message: Source file rejected: The source file appears to be empty (size is 0kb). For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_035

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Error Message: Source file rejected: This build was canceled because a more recent build was submitted before it could be processed. For more information, contact your customer representative or email publisherenablement@vitalsource.com.
For Code: QSR_044

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Error Message: An internal error occurred. Please wait a moment and submit your file again. If you still receive this error, contact your customer representative or email publisherops@vitalsource.com
For Code: QSR_045

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Error Codes Listed Numerically

QSR_001     QSR_002     QSR_003     QSR_004     QSR_005     QSR_006     QSR_007     QSR_008     QSR_009     QSR_011     
QSR_012   QSR_013     QSR_014     QSR_015     QSR_016     QSR_017     QSR_018     QSR_019     QSR_020     QSR_021     
QSR_022     QSR_023     QSR_024     QSR_025     QSR_027.   QSR_028     QSR_029     QSR_030     QSR_031     QSR_032   
QSR_033     QSR_034     QSR_035     QSR_043.    QSR_044.  QSR_045

*When contacting publisherenablement@vitalsource.com, please include the error code or message and any other applicable information.
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