CONTACT_ALREADY_EXISTS

HTTP status	Retryable
`409`	No

What happened

Another contact in your workspace already has this phone number or email.

How to fix it

Find it with GET /v1/contacts/search and update that contact, or use POST /v1/contacts/import to create or update by phone number.

Example response

An illustrative example. The message wording and the contents of details vary; branch on error.code.

{
  "status": "error",
  "error": {
    "code": "CONTACT_ALREADY_EXISTS",
    "message": "Contact already exists",
    "type": "validation",
    "http_status": 409,
    "retryable": false,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.blujay.io/errors/contact-already-exists",
    "details": []
  },
  "trace_id": "trc_8f2a1c0e4b7d",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-14T17:30:48.000Z"
}

Still stuck?

Email support@blujay.io with the trace_id from the error response. See Errors for the response format.

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