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BSONError: input must be a 24 character hex string BSONTypeError: Argument passed in must be a string of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters

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BSONError: input must be a 24 character hex string — BSONTypeError: Argument passed in must be a string of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters (MongoDB)BSONError: …Document failed validation — MongoDB: MongoServerError: Document failed validation (code 121) (MongoDB)Document failed val…CastError ObjectId — CastError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "x" (type string) at path "_id" (Node.js)CastError ObjectIdMongoDB Atlas: connection timed out — IP not whitelisted — MongoServerSelectionError: Could not connect to any servers in your MongoDB Atlas cluster. One common reason is that you're trying to access the database from an IP that isn't whitelisted (MongoDB)MongoDB Atlas: conn…Atlas: bad auth: Authentication failed — MongoServerError: bad auth : Authentication failed. (Atlas user / special characters in password) (MongoDB)Atlas: bad auth: Au…Sort/Group exceeded memory limit of 100 MB (allowDiskUse) — MongoServerError: Exceeded memory limit for $group, but didn't allow external sort. Pass allowDiskUse:true to opt in (MongoDB)Sort/Group exceeded…BSONObj size is invalid / exceeds maximum document size (16MB) — MongoServerError: BSONObj size: 17825792 (0x1100000) is invalid. Size must be between 0 and 16793600(16MB) (MongoDB)BSONObj size is inv…CastError: Cast to Date/Number/Boolean failed — Mongoose: CastError: Cast to date failed for value "abc" (type string) at path "createdAt" (MongoDB)CastError: Cast to …1146 — MySQL ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'db.table' doesn't exist (MySQL)11461054 — MySQL ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column in 'field list' (MySQL)105442P01 — PostgreSQL: ERROR: relation "x" does not exist (PostgreSQL)42P01422 — HTTP 422 Unprocessable Content (HTTP)422NumberFormatException — java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "x" (Java)NumberFormatExcepti…IllegalArgumentException — java.lang.IllegalArgumentException (Java)IllegalArgumentExce…ECONNREFUSED — Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432 (Node.js)ECONNREFUSEDERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE — Error [ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE]: Premature close (Node.js)ERR_STREAM_PREMATUR…fetch failed — TypeError: fetch failed (cause: ConnectTimeoutError / ECONNREFUSED / UND_ERR) (Node.js)fetch failedbuffering timed out — MongooseError: Operation `users.find()` buffering timed out after 10000ms (Node.js)buffering timed outMongoServerSelectionError — MongooseServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017 (Node.js)MongoServerSelectio…E11000 duplicate key — MongoServerError: E11000 duplicate key error collection: db.users index: email_1 dup key (Node.js)E11000 duplicate keyOOMKilled — Kubernetes: OOMKilled (exit code 137) (Kubernetes)OOMKilledSIGSEGV — Segmentation fault (core dumped) (Linux)SIGSEGVOOM killer — Killed / Out of memory: Killed process (Linux OOM killer) (Linux)OOM killerEMFILE — Too many open files (EMFILE) (Linux)EMFILEMongoose ValidationError — ValidationError: User validation failed: email: Path `email` is required. (Node.js)Mongoose Validation…RequestEntityTooLargeException — Lambda: Request must be smaller than 6291456 bytes for the InvokeFunction operation (RequestEntityTooLargeException) (AWS)RequestEntityTooLar…Pydantic ValidationError — pydantic_core._pydantic_core.ValidationError: 1 validation error for Model (Python)Pydantic Validation…ValidationException: Missing the key — DynamoDB ValidationException: One or more parameter values were invalid: Missing the key pk in the item / The provided key element does not match the schema (AWS)ValidationException…unknown field — strict decoding error: unknown field "spec.template.spec.containers[0].ports[0].protocl" (Kubernetes)unknown field

Directly related (7)

Document failed validationMongoDB

MongoDB: MongoServerError: Document failed validation (code 121)

The collection has a JSON Schema validator and the inserted/updated document doesn’t satisfy it.

CastError ObjectIdNode.js

CastError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "x" (type string) at path "_id"

A value that isn’t a valid 24-hex-character ObjectId was used in an _id query.

MongoDB Atlas: connection timed out — IP not whitelistedMongoDB

MongoServerSelectionError: Could not connect to any servers in your MongoDB Atlas cluster. One common reason is that you're trying to access the database from an IP that isn't whitelisted

Atlas rejects connections from IP addresses that aren't in the project's Network Access list.

Atlas: bad auth: Authentication failedMongoDB

MongoServerError: bad auth : Authentication failed. (Atlas user / special characters in password)

Atlas rejected the username/password in the connection string.

Sort/Group exceeded memory limit of 100 MB (allowDiskUse)MongoDB

MongoServerError: Exceeded memory limit for $group, but didn't allow external sort. Pass allowDiskUse:true to opt in

An aggregation stage needed more than 100 MB of RAM and spilling to disk wasn't enabled.

BSONObj size is invalid / exceeds maximum document size (16MB)MongoDB

MongoServerError: BSONObj size: 17825792 (0x1100000) is invalid. Size must be between 0 and 16793600(16MB)

A single document (or an aggregation result row) grew past MongoDB's 16 MB limit.

CastError: Cast to Date/Number/Boolean failedMongoDB

Mongoose: CastError: Cast to date failed for value "abc" (type string) at path "createdAt"

A value couldn't be converted to the schema type at that path (date, number, boolean).

Two steps away (21)

1146MySQL

MySQL ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'db.table' doesn't exist

The query references a table that MySQL can’t find in that database.

1054MySQL

MySQL ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column in 'field list'

The query references a column that doesn’t exist in the table (or an unquoted string being read as a column).

42P01PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL: ERROR: relation "x" does not exist

The table/view isn’t found — missing migration, wrong schema, or a case-sensitive quoted name.

422HTTP

HTTP 422 Unprocessable Content

The request is well-formed, but the data fails validation (e.g. invalid email, missing required field).

NumberFormatExceptionJava

java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "x"

A string couldn’t be parsed as a number — it’s empty, has spaces/commas, is too large, or isn’t numeric.

IllegalArgumentExceptionJava

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

A method rejected an argument value as invalid.

ECONNREFUSEDNode.js

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432

Nothing is listening at that host:port — the target service is down or you’re connecting to the wrong address.

ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSENode.js

Error [ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE]: Premature close

A stream ended or was destroyed before it finished — often a client disconnect or upstream aborting a download.

fetch failedNode.js

TypeError: fetch failed (cause: ConnectTimeoutError / ECONNREFUSED / UND_ERR)

Node’s built-in fetch (undici) couldn’t complete the request; the real reason is in error.cause.

buffering timed outNode.js

MongooseError: Operation `users.find()` buffering timed out after 10000ms

Mongoose queued a query waiting for a connection that never opened.

MongoServerSelectionErrorNode.js

MongooseServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017

The MongoDB driver couldn’t find a reachable server for the connection string.

E11000 duplicate keyNode.js

MongoServerError: E11000 duplicate key error collection: db.users index: email_1 dup key

An insert/update violated a unique index in MongoDB.

OOMKilledKubernetes

Kubernetes: OOMKilled (exit code 137)

The container used more memory than its limit, and the kernel killed it.

SIGSEGVLinux

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

A program accessed memory it wasn’t allowed to, and the kernel killed it with SIGSEGV (exit code 139).

OOM killerLinux

Killed / Out of memory: Killed process (Linux OOM killer)

The kernel ran out of memory and killed a process to recover — the program just prints “Killed” (exit code 137).

EMFILELinux

Too many open files (EMFILE)

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

Mongoose ValidationErrorNode.js

ValidationError: User validation failed: email: Path `email` is required.

A document failed Mongoose schema validation before saving.

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).

Pydantic ValidationErrorPython

pydantic_core._pydantic_core.ValidationError: 1 validation error for Model

Data didn’t match a Pydantic model — a field is missing, has the wrong type, or fails a constraint.

ValidationException: Missing the keyAWS

DynamoDB ValidationException: One or more parameter values were invalid: Missing the key pk in the item / The provided key element does not match the schema

The item or key doesn’t match the table’s primary key schema — wrong attribute name, wrong type, or missing sort key.

unknown fieldKubernetes

strict decoding error: unknown field "spec.template.spec.containers[0].ports[0].protocl"

The manifest contains a field the API schema doesn’t know — a typo, wrong indentation, or a field from another API version.