Graph Engine Error Messages and Codes - Amazon Neptune
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Graph Engine Error Messages and Codes

Amazon Neptune endpoints return the standard errors for Gremlin and SPARQL when encountered.

Errors that are specific to Neptune can also be returned from the same endpoints. This section documents Neptune error messages, codes, and recommended actions.

Note

These errors are for the Neptune DB cluster endpoints only. The APIs for creating and modifying Neptune resources with the Amazon SDK and Amazon CLI have a different set of common errors. For information about those errors, see DB Cluster Management API Error Messages and Codes.

Graph Engine Error Format

Neptune error messages return a relevant HTTP error code and a JSON-formatted response.

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request x-amzn-RequestId: LDM6CJP8RMQ1FHKSC1RBVJFPNVV4KQNSO5AEMF66Q9ASUAAJG Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0 Content-Length: 465 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2017 23:56:23 GMT { "requestId": "0dbcded3-a9a1-4a25-b419-828c46342e47", "code": "ReadOnlyViolationException", "detailedMessage": "The request is rejected because it violates some read-only restriction, such as a designation of a replica as read-only." }

Graph Engine Query Errors

The following table contains the error code, message, and HTTP status.

It also indicates whether it is OK to retry the request. Generally, it is OK to retry the request if it might succeed on a new try.

Neptune Service Error Code HTTP status Ok to Retry? Message
AccessDeniedException 403 No Authentication or authorization failure.
BadRequestException 400 No The request could not be completed.
BadRequestException 400 No Request size exceeds max allowed value of 157286400 bytes.
CancelledByUserException 500 Yes The request processing was cancelled by an authorized client.
ConcurrentModificationException 500 Yes The request processing did not succeed due to a modification conflict. The client should retry the request.
ConstraintViolationException 400 Yes The query engine discovered, during the execution of the request, that the completion of some operation is impossible without violating some data integrity constraints, such as persistence of in- and out-vertices while adding an edge. Such conditions are typically observed if there are concurrent modifications to the graph, and are transient. The client should retry the request.
FailureByQueryException 500 Yes Calling fail() caused request processing to fail.
InternalFailureException 500 Yes The request processing has failed.
InvalidNumericDataException 400 No Invalid use of numeric data which cannot be represented in 64-bit storage size.
InvalidParameterException 400 No An invalid or out-of-range value was supplied for some input parameter or invalid syntax in a supplied RDF file.
MalformedQueryException 400 No The request is rejected because it contains a query that is syntactically incorrect or does not pass additional validation.
MemoryLimitExceededException 500 Yes The request processing did not succeed due to lack of memory, but can be retried when the server is less busy.
MethodNotAllowedException 405 No The request is rejected because the chosen HTTP method is not supported by the used endpoint.
MissingParameterException 400 No A required parameter for the specified action is not supplied.
QueryLimitExceededException 500 Yes The request processing did not succeed due to the lack of a limited resource, but can be retried when the server is less busy.
QueryLimitException 400 No Size of query exceeds system limit.
QueryTooLargeException 400 No The request was rejected because its body is too large.
ReadOnlyViolationException 400 No The request is rejected because it violates some read-only restriction, such as a designation of a replica as read-only.
ThrottlingException 500 Yes Rate of requests exceeds the maximum throughput. OK to retry.
TimeLimitExceededException 500 Yes The request processing timed out.
TooManyRequestsException 429 Yes The rate of requests exceeds the maximum throughput. OK to retry.
UnsupportedOperationException 400 No The request uses a currently unsupported feature or construct.

IAM Authentication Errors

These errors are specific to cluster that have IAM authentication enabled.

The following table contains the error code, message, and HTTP status.

Neptune Service Error Code HTTP status Message
Incorrect IAM User/Policy 403 You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.
Incorrect or Missing Region 403 Credential should be scoped to a valid Region, not 'region'.
Incorrect or Missing Service Name 403 Credential should be scoped to correct service: 'neptune-db'.
Incorrect or Missing Host Header / Invalid Signature 403 The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your Amazon Secret Access Key and signing method. Consult the service documentation for details. Host header is missing or hostname is incorrect.
Missing X-Amz-Security-Token 403 'x-amz-security-token' is named as a SignedHeader, but it does not exist in the HTTP request
Missing Authorization Header 403 The request did not include the required authorization header, or it was malformed.
Missing Authentication Token 403 Missing Authentication Token.
Old Date 403 Signature expired: 20181011T213907Z is now earlier than 20181011T213915Z (20181011T214415Z - 5 min.)
Future Date 403 Signature not yet current: 20500224T213559Z is still later than 20181108T225925Z (20181108T225425Z + 5 min.)
Incorrect Date Format 403 Date must be in ISO-8601 'basic format'. Got 'date'. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601.
Unknown/Missing Access Key or Session Token 403 The security token included in the request is invalid.
Unknown/Missing Secret Key 403 The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your Amazon Secret Access Key and signing method. Consult the service documentation for details. Host header is missing or hostname is incorrect.
TooManyRequestsException 429 The rate of requests exceeds the maximum throughput. OK to retry.