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file type is not permitted — WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type / Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons (WordPress)file type i…is damaged and can’t be opened — macOS: “App” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash. (macOS)is damaged and can’…file_type_not_allowed — Upload error: File type not allowed / unsupported file type (API)file_type_not_allow…403 Forbidden wp-admin — WordPress: 403 Forbidden on wp-admin, wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php (WordPress)403 Forbidden wp-ad…LIMIT_FILE_SIZE — Upload error: File too large (LIMIT_FILE_SIZE / file exceeds maximum upload size) (API)LIMIT_FILE_SIZEXML-RPC server accepts POST requests only — WordPress: XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only (xmlrpc.php) (WordPress)XML-RPC server acce…100 — HTTP 100 Continue (HTTP)100BadDigest — Upload error: checksum mismatch (BadDigest / Content-MD5 did not match / XAmzContentSHA256Mismatch) (API)BadDigest413 (Cloudflare 100 MB) — Cloudflare 413 Request Entity Too Large (upload over the plan limit) (Cloudflare)413 (Cloudflare 100…Unable to create directory — WordPress: Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2026/10. Is its parent directory writable by the server? (WordPress)Unable to create di…Are you sure you want to do this? — WordPress: Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again. (nonce check failed) (WordPress)Are you sure you wa…The uploaded file could not be moved to — WordPress: The uploaded file could not be moved to wp-content/uploads/2026/10 (WordPress)The uploaded file c…Link expired — WordPress: The link you followed has expired (WordPress)Link expiredwebhook signature — Webhook signature verification failed (Stripe, Razorpay, GitHub…) (API)webhook signatureviolates PodSecurity — Error creating: pods is forbidden: violates PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false ... (Kubernetes)violates PodSecurityREMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED — WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! (ssh host key changed) (Linux)REMOTE HOST IDENTIF…415 — HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type (HTTP)415Not allowed — WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page. (WordPress)Not allowedinvalid_type — API Error: Invalid type — expected integer, received string (API)invalid_type403 — HTTP 403 Forbidden (HTTP)4031020 — Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied (Cloudflare)1020Primary script unknown — FastCGI sent in stderr: "Primary script unknown" (PHP)Primary script unkn…413 — HTTP 413 Content Too Large (Request Entity Too Large) (HTTP)413UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE — PHP upload error 1: The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini (PHP)UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZEconcurrent_requests_limit — API Error: Too many concurrent requests (concurrency limit reached) (API)concurrent_requests…405 — HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed (HTTP)405AADSTS50053 — AADSTS50053: Your account is locked (Smart Lockout) / sign-in blocked due to suspicious activity (Azure)AADSTS50053SecurityException: Permission Denial — java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial ... requires android.permission.X (Android)SecurityException: …Headers already sent — Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent (PHP)Headers already sentCORS — CORS Error: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present (API)CORS411 — HTTP 411 Length Required (HTTP)411EINTEGRITY — npm ERR! code EINTEGRITY — sha512 integrity checksum failed (npm)EINTEGRITYjob not found — API Error: Job / operation not found or expired (async task ID unknown) (API)job not foundEntityTooLarge — S3 EntityTooLarge: Your proposed upload exceeds the maximum allowed size (AWS)EntityTooLargeEMFILE — Too many open files (EMFILE) (Linux)EMFILERequestEntityTooLargeException — Lambda: Request must be smaller than 6291456 bytes for the InvokeFunction operation (RequestEntityTooLargeException) (AWS)RequestEntityTooLar…Unzipped size must be smaller than 262144000 bytes — Lambda: Unzipped size must be smaller than 262144000 bytes (AWS)Unzipped size must …EACCES — Linux: Permission denied (Linux)EACCESInstallation failed: Could not create directory — WordPress: Installation failed: Could not create directory (plugin/theme install or update) (WordPress)Installation failed…Please enter your FTP credentials — To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web server. Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed (WordPress)Please enter your F…Not a valid JSON response — WordPress: Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response. (WordPress)Not a valid JSON re…Cookies are blocked — WordPress login: Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress. (WordPress)Cookies are blockedThis block contains unexpected or invalid content — WordPress: This block contains unexpected or invalid content. Attempt Block Recovery (WordPress)This block contains…HTTP error (media upload) — WordPress Media: “HTTP error.” when uploading images (WordPress)HTTP error (media u…Post-processing of the image failed — WordPress: Post-processing of the image failed likely because the server is busy or does not have enough resources (WordPress)Post-processing of …Maximum execution time — PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded (PHP)Maximum execution t…Critical error — WordPress: There Has Been a Critical Error on This Website (WordPress)Critical errormax_input_vars — Warning: Unknown: Input variables exceeded 1000. To increase the limit change max_input_vars in php.ini. (PHP)max_input_vars

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is damaged and can’t be openedmacOS

macOS: “App” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

Gatekeeper blocked an app that isn’t properly signed/notarized or was modified after download (quarantine attribute).

file_type_not_allowedAPI

Upload error: File type not allowed / unsupported file type

The upload was rejected because the file’s type — extension, MIME type or actual content — isn’t on the allowed list.

403 Forbidden wp-adminWordPress

WordPress: 403 Forbidden on wp-admin, wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php

The server or a security layer refused access to WordPress admin URLs — file permissions, a security plugin/WAF rule, ModSecurity…

LIMIT_FILE_SIZEAPI

Upload error: File too large (LIMIT_FILE_SIZE / file exceeds maximum upload size)

The uploaded file is larger than the limit set by the API, framework or server.

XML-RPC server accepts POST requests onlyWordPress

WordPress: XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only (xmlrpc.php)

You opened xmlrpc.php in a browser (GET) — it’s an API endpoint, not a page. Heavy POST traffic to it usually means brute-force b…

100HTTP

HTTP 100 Continue

An interim response telling the client to go ahead and send the request body — normal when the client sent Expect: 100-continue.

BadDigestAPI

Upload error: checksum mismatch (BadDigest / Content-MD5 did not match / XAmzContentSHA256Mismatch)

The server computed a different checksum for the data it received than the one your client declared, so it rejected the upload as…

413 (Cloudflare 100 MB)Cloudflare

Cloudflare 413 Request Entity Too Large (upload over the plan limit)

The request body is larger than Cloudflare allows through the proxy — 100 MB on Free/Pro, 200 MB Business, 500 MB Enterprise defa…

Unable to create directoryWordPress

WordPress: Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2026/10. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

PHP can’t write to wp-content/uploads — wrong ownership/permissions, a wrong upload path, full disk, or open_basedir restrictions.

Are you sure you want to do this?WordPress

WordPress: Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again. (nonce check failed)

A WordPress security nonce didn’t validate — the page was open too long, cached, or a plugin/theme form is broken.

The uploaded file could not be moved toWordPress

WordPress: The uploaded file could not be moved to wp-content/uploads/2026/10

PHP received the upload but couldn’t move it from the temp directory into uploads — permissions, disk space, or open_basedir/temp…

Link expiredWordPress

WordPress: The link you followed has expired

Usually an upload (theme, plugin, media) larger than PHP’s upload/post limits — WordPress receives an empty request and shows thi…

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webhook signatureAPI

Webhook signature verification failed (Stripe, Razorpay, GitHub…)

Your endpoint computed a different HMAC signature than the one the provider sent, so the webhook is rejected.

violates PodSecurityKubernetes

Error creating: pods is forbidden: violates PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false ...

The namespace enforces a Pod Security Standard (baseline/restricted) and the pod spec breaks one of its rules.

REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGEDLinux

WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! (ssh host key changed)

The server’s SSH host key differs from the one saved in ~/.ssh/known_hosts — usually because the server was rebuilt or the IP was…

415HTTP

HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type

The server refuses the request because the body’s Content-Type isn’t one it accepts.

Not allowedWordPress

WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.

Your user role lacks the capability for that admin screen — or the database table prefix / user capabilities are out of sync afte…

invalid_typeAPI

API Error: Invalid type — expected integer, received string

A request field has the wrong data type — a string where the API expects a number, a number where it expects a boolean, an object…

403HTTP

HTTP 403 Forbidden

The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it — you (or the server process) are not allowed to access this resour…

1020Cloudflare

Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied

A Cloudflare firewall/WAF custom rule blocked the request — the visitor’s IP, country, user agent or request pattern matched a bl…

Primary script unknownPHP

FastCGI sent in stderr: "Primary script unknown"

Nginx passed a script path to PHP-FPM that PHP-FPM couldn’t find — usually a wrong SCRIPT_FILENAME or root.

413HTTP

HTTP 413 Content Too Large (Request Entity Too Large)

The request body is bigger than the server is willing to accept — usually a file upload over the configured limit.

UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZEPHP

PHP upload error 1: The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini

The uploaded file is bigger than PHP’s upload_max_filesize, so PHP discarded it.

concurrent_requests_limitAPI

API Error: Too many concurrent requests (concurrency limit reached)

You have more requests in flight at once than the API allows for your key — even if your requests-per-minute rate is fine.

405HTTP

HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed

The URL exists, but it doesn’t accept the HTTP method you used (e.g. POST to a GET-only route).

AADSTS50053Azure

AADSTS50053: Your account is locked (Smart Lockout) / sign-in blocked due to suspicious activity

Too many failed sign-ins (or sign-ins from a malicious IP) triggered Entra Smart Lockout.

SecurityException: Permission DenialAndroid

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial ... requires android.permission.X

The app called an API that needs a permission it hasn’t declared or the user hasn’t granted at runtime.

Headers already sentPHP

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent

You called `header()`, `setcookie()` or `session_start()` after output had already been sent to the browser.

CORSAPI

CORS Error: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present

The browser blocked a cross-origin request because the server’s response didn’t include the CORS headers allowing your site’s ori…

411HTTP

HTTP 411 Length Required

The server refuses a request with a body but no Content-Length header.

EINTEGRITYnpm

npm ERR! code EINTEGRITY — sha512 integrity checksum failed

A downloaded package’s hash doesn’t match the integrity value in package-lock.json — a corrupted cache, a changed tarball, or a l…

job not foundAPI

API Error: Job / operation not found or expired (async task ID unknown)

The status URL or job ID for an asynchronous operation (export, import, render, batch) doesn’t exist any more, or never existed.

EntityTooLargeAWS

S3 EntityTooLarge: Your proposed upload exceeds the maximum allowed size

A single PUT can be at most 5 GB (and presigned POST policies can set lower limits); larger files must use multipart upload.

EMFILELinux

Too many open files (EMFILE)

The process hit its file-descriptor limit — sockets, files and pipes all count.

RequestEntityTooLargeExceptionAWS

Lambda: Request must be smaller than 6291456 bytes for the InvokeFunction operation (RequestEntityTooLargeException)

The event payload (or response) is over Lambda’s 6 MB synchronous limit (256 KB for async invocations).

Unzipped size must be smaller than 262144000 bytesAWS

Lambda: Unzipped size must be smaller than 262144000 bytes

The function code plus layers exceed Lambda’s 250 MB unzipped limit for zip deployments.

EACCESLinux

Linux: Permission denied

Your user (or the service user) lacks read/write/execute permission on a file, directory or one of its parents.

Installation failed: Could not create directoryWordPress

WordPress: Installation failed: Could not create directory (plugin/theme install or update)

WordPress can’t write to wp-content/plugins, themes or upgrade — ownership/permissions or disk space.

Please enter your FTP credentialsWordPress

To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web server. Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed

WordPress can’t write directly to its files (ownership differs from the PHP user), so it falls back to asking for FTP details.

Not a valid JSON responseWordPress

WordPress: Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.

The block editor saved via the REST API but got HTML or an error page back — broken permalinks, a security plugin/WAF, or PHP out…

Cookies are blockedWordPress

WordPress login: Error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.

WordPress’s test cookie wasn’t returned on login — often a siteurl/home or domain mismatch, caching of wp-login.php, or headers a…

This block contains unexpected or invalid contentWordPress

WordPress: This block contains unexpected or invalid content. Attempt Block Recovery

The saved HTML of a block doesn’t match what the block’s current save function produces — after a plugin update, manual HTML edit…

HTTP error (media upload)WordPress

WordPress Media: “HTTP error.” when uploading images

The upload request failed on the server — memory or timeout during image processing, upload size limits, ModSecurity, or Imagick…

Post-processing of the image failedWordPress

WordPress: Post-processing of the image failed likely because the server is busy or does not have enough resources

The image uploaded but WordPress couldn’t generate its resized versions — memory/CPU limits or Imagick problems.

Maximum execution timePHP

PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded

The script ran longer than `max_execution_time` and PHP stopped it.

Critical errorWordPress

WordPress: There Has Been a Critical Error on This Website

A PHP fatal error (usually from a plugin or theme) stopped WordPress; the real error is in the debug log or recovery-mode email.

max_input_varsPHP

Warning: Unknown: Input variables exceeded 1000. To increase the limit change max_input_vars in php.ini.

The form submitted more fields than PHP’s max_input_vars allows; extra fields were silently dropped.