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# Job rejected by the preflight check

> Learn how to find why Unstructured rejected a job during the Job Preflight Check, and how to fix the connector or node before you run the workflow again.

## Issue

A job ends with the status **Rejected** in Unstructured Pipelines, or `REJECTED` in the API. The job processed no documents.

In Unstructured Pipelines, the job's **Details** tab lists one row for each rejected node under the message **Preflight checks failed. Fix the errors below and retry.**

## Causes

A node in the workflow failed the [Job Preflight Check](https://docs.unstructured.io/pipelines/jobs.md#preflight-check) with one of these results:

| Label in Unstructured Pipelines | `failure_category` in the API | Cause |
| - | - | - |
| **Invalid credentials** | `AUTH_INVALID_CREDENTIAL` | The provider did not accept the credentials for the connector or node. |
| **Permission denied** | `AUTH_PERMISSION_DENIED` | The provider accepted the credentials, but they lack permission for the requested resource. |
| **Invalid configuration** | `CONFIG_INVALID` | A connector or node setting is not valid. |

Other check results, such as **Network unreachable** or **Rate limited**, do not reject a job.

## Solutions

1. Find the nodes that failed the check:

   * In Unstructured Pipelines, open the job, and then read the **Details** and **Errors** tabs. For details, see [Investigate a rejected job](https://docs.unstructured.io/pipelines/jobs.md#investigate-a-rejected-job).
   * In the API, call the [get job details endpoint](https://docs.unstructured.io/api-reference/api/job/get-job-details.md), and then read `failure_category` and `failure_reason` for each node. For details, see [Find why a job was rejected](https://docs.unstructured.io/api-reference/workflow/jobs.md#find-why-a-job-was-rejected).

2. Fix each node based on its category:

   * **Invalid credentials** (`AUTH_INVALID_CREDENTIAL`): Check the connector's or node's keys, secrets, and tokens for typos, and replace any that expired or were revoked. For more fixes, see [Authorization and permissions issues](https://docs.unstructured.io/support/issues/authorization-permissions.md).
   * **Permission denied** (`AUTH_PERMISSION_DENIED`): In the source, destination, or model provider, grant the credentials the permissions that the connector or node needs. For more fixes, see [Authorization and permissions issues](https://docs.unstructured.io/support/issues/authorization-permissions.md).
   * **Invalid configuration** (`CONFIG_INVALID`): Check the connector's or node's names, paths, and URLs, and confirm that each referenced resource exists. For more fixes, see [Configuration and resource issues](https://docs.unstructured.io/support/issues/configuration-resource.md).

3. Run the workflow again. Unstructured does not retry a rejected job. Each run creates a new job.

## Additional resources

* To turn off the check for a workflow, see [Jobs that skip the preflight check](https://docs.unstructured.io/pipelines/jobs.md#jobs-that-skip-the-preflight-check).
* To ask questions or get additional help with this issue, see [requesting support](https://docs.unstructured.io/support/request.md).


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