{"id":2300,"date":"2026-04-22T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2300"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:52:00","password":"","slug":"what-does-failed-mean","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-does-failed-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does FAILED mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FAILED<\/strong>\u00a0means your SMS\u00a0<strong>did not get delivered<\/strong>. The operator or network returned a failure\u2014for example invalid or switched-off number, gateway error, message expired, or operator rejection. These messages are counted as\u00a0<strong>Failed<\/strong>\u00a0in your reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where you see it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In your\u00a0<strong>Delivery Report<\/strong>, failed messages show the failure reason or error code.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>reports and summaries<\/strong>, the \u201cFailed\u201d count includes these messages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>A\/B Test Comparator<\/strong>, failure rate is based on messages that ended in a failed state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why it matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Failed messages are usually not charged (depending on your plan).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checking the error reason in the Delivery Report helps you fix issues (e.g. wrong number format, invalid numbers, or operator-specific limits).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAILED\u00a0means your SMS\u00a0did not get delivered. The operator or network returned a failure\u2014for example invalid or switched-off number, gateway error, message expired, or operator rejection. These messages are counted as\u00a0Failed\u00a0in your reports. Where you see it Why it matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1965],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2300","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-errors-error-codes"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":116,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Errors &amp; Error Codes","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/errors-error-codes\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}