Errors

BabySea returns structured BSE errors from application routes. Each error includes a stable code, a machine-readable type, a human-readable message, and a retryable boolean.

Error envelope

JSON

{
  "status": "error",
  "request_id": "req_...",
  "error": {
    "code": "BSE1005",
    "type": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded. Please retry after the period indicated in the Retry-After header.",
    "retryable": true,
    "details": {
      "retry_after_seconds": 17,
      "limit": 60
    }
  }
}

When multiple providers fail during failover, the error can include provider_errors with provider-level details.

Retry guidance

Condition	Retry?	Notes
`retryable: true`	Yes	Use exponential backoff. The SDK retries these automatically.
HTTP `429`	Yes	Respect `Retry-After`.
HTTP `4xx` except `429`	No	Fix authentication, scope, input, or account state.
HTTP `5xx` with `retryable: true`	Yes	Usually provider or transient infrastructure failure.
`provider_credits_exhausted`	No	Choose another model/provider or wait for provider capacity to return.

Use the retryable field, not only the HTTP status code. Some inference provider failures use 5xx but are not retryable.

Authentication and authorization

Code	Type	HTTP	Retryable	Meaning
`BSE1001`	`authentication_required`	401	No	Missing API key.
`BSE1002`	`authentication_failed`	401	No	Invalid or expired API key.
`BSE1003`	`insufficient_permissions`	403	No	Key lacks the required scope.
`BSE1004`	`insufficient_credits`	402	No	Account balance cannot cover the request.
`BSE1005`	`rate_limit_exceeded`	429	Yes	Account request limit exceeded.
`BSE1006`	`auth_rate_limited`	429	Yes	Too many authentication attempts from the same IP.
`BSE1007`	`ip_not_allowed`	403	No	Client IP is not in the key allowlist.
`BSE1008`	`account_not_found`	404	No	The account linked to the key was not found.
`BSE1009`	`concurrency_limit_exceeded`	429	Yes	Too many concurrent generations in flight for this account.

Input validation

Code	Type	HTTP	Retryable	Meaning
`BSE2001`	`invalid_input`	400	No	Request body has invalid parameters.
`BSE2002`	`file_too_large`	422	No	File dimensions exceed model limits.
`BSE2003`	`file_too_small`	422	No	File dimensions are below model minimums.
`BSE2004`	`unsupported_file_format`	422	No	File type is unsupported.
`BSE2005`	`file_load_error`	422	No	File could not be loaded or processed.
`BSE2006`	`content_policy_violation`	422	No	Input was rejected by safety filters.
`BSE2007`	`file_size_exceeded`	422	No	File exceeds byte-size limits.
`BSE2008`	`parameter_out_of_range`	422	No	Parameter value is outside the allowed range.
`BSE2009`	`file_download_error`	422	No	BabySea could not download a file URL.
`BSE2010`	`request_body_too_large`	413	No	Request body exceeds the maximum allowed size.
`BSE2011`	`generation_not_found`	404	No	Generation does not exist or belongs to another account.
`BSE2012`	`generation_not_cancelable`	409	No	Generation already completed, failed, or was canceled.
`BSE2013`	`generation_cancel_window_expired`	409	No	Generations can only be canceled within 12 seconds of creation.
`BSE2014`	`unsafe_file_url`	422	No	URL targets private, reserved, or non-HTTPS infrastructure.
`BSE2015`	`idempotency_key_conflict`	409	No	`Idempotency-Key` was reused with a different request body.
`BSE2016`	`idempotency_request_in_progress`	409	Yes	Request with this `Idempotency-Key` is still being processed.
`BSE2017`	`endpoint_not_found`	404	No	The requested endpoint does not exist.

Model and configuration

Code	Type	HTTP	Retryable	Meaning
`BSE3001`	`model_not_found`	404	No	Unknown model identifier.
`BSE3002`	`model_not_configured`	500	No	Model exists but configuration is incomplete.
`BSE3003`	`feature_not_supported`	422	No	Field or combination is not supported by the model.
`BSE3004`	`model_type_mismatch`	422	No	Model type does not match the image or video route.

Inference provider errors

Code	Type	HTTP	Retryable	Meaning
`BSE4001`	`provider_timeout`	504	Yes	Inference provider did not respond in time.
`BSE4002`	`provider_out_of_memory`	502	Yes	Inference provider ran out of memory.
`BSE4003`	`all_providers_failed`	502	Yes	Every inference provider in the chain failed.
`BSE4004`	`provider_internal_error`	502	Yes	Inference provider returned an internal error.
`BSE4005`	`provider_unavailable`	503	Yes	Inference provider is temporarily unavailable.
`BSE4006`	`prediction_canceled`	409	No	Inference provider prediction was canceled.
`BSE4007`	`provider_health_check_failed`	502	Yes	Inference provider failed health checks.
`BSE4008`	`provider_start_error`	502	Yes	Inference provider failed to start the prediction.
`BSE4009`	`provider_upload_failed`	502	Yes	Upload to inference provider failed.
`BSE4010`	`provider_credits_exhausted`	502	No	Inference provider capacity is exhausted.

Internal errors

Code	Type	HTTP	Retryable	Meaning
`BSE5001`	`internal_server_error`	500	No	Unexpected server error.
`BSE5002`	`database_error`	500	No	Database read or write failed.
`BSE5003`	`storage_error`	500	No	File storage read or write failed.

Rate-limit headers

Rate-limited routes include these headers:

Header	Description
`X-RateLimit-Limit`	Maximum requests in the current 60-second window.
`X-RateLimit-Remaining`	Remaining requests in the current window.
`X-RateLimit-Reset`	Unix timestamp when the window resets.
`Retry-After`	Present on `429`; seconds to wait before retrying.

Malformed requests

Malformed requests can be rejected before BabySea returns a structured BSE envelope. Validate the method, path, body shape, and headers before retrying.

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Error envelope

Retry guidance

Authentication and authorization

Input validation

Model and configuration

Inference provider errors

Internal errors

Rate-limit headers

Malformed requests