Like all other responses, errors are returned as SCIM responses with a media type of application/scim+json.

Field	Type	Provided?	Description
schemas	array	always	SCIM schemas used in the error message. The schemas array will always include the value `urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error` to identify the message as an error. Other schema values may be present if Ping Identity-proprietary error fields are used.
status	number	always	The HTTP status code of the error. This will always be in the `400` or `500` range.
scimType	string		An error code defined by RFC 7644, section 3.12.
detail	string		A human-readable error description. In some cases, this field may contain error messages received from the underlying data store.

{
    "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error"
    ],
    "scimType": "invalid_token",
    "status": 401,
    "detail": "Access token is expired or otherwise invalid."
}

Password update errors

If an error response is returned because of a password update failure, then an additional field will be provided under the urn:unboundid:scim:api:messages:2.0:PasswordUpdateError schema URN.

Field	Type	Provided?	Description
passwordRequirements	array		An array of password quality requirements, which are rules that must be satisfied in order to successfully change a password. See here for a description of password quality requirements.

{
     "detail": "The provided new password cannot be the same as the current password or any password in the user's password history",
     "schemas": [
         "urn:pingidentity:scim:api:messages:2.0:PasswordUpdateError"
     ],
     "scimType": "invalidValue",
     "status": 400,
     "urn:pingidentity:scim:api:messages:2.0:PasswordUpdateError": {
         "passwordRequirements": [
             {
                 "additionalInfo": "The provided new password cannot be the same as the current password or any password in the user's password history.",
                 "description": "The new password must not be the same as the current password.",
                 "requirementSatisfied": false,
                 "type": "notCurrentPassword"
             }
         ]
     }
 }