Internal Error Codes (SharePoint 2013 Microfeed Exceptions) Deciphered!

Introduction

Anyone that has worked with the SharePoint 2013 Social API (Server and Client) has probably gained some gray hairs with the ominous “Internal Error Code…” exception that pops up like mushrooms when something goes wrong. Then you get something like:

"The operation failed because an internal error occurred. Internal type name: Microsoft.Office.Server.Microfeed.MicrofeedException. Internal error code: XY."

For example:

This is the list of the microfeed “Internal error” codes, deciphered!

Code	Description
0	Success
1	ServerError
2	InsufficientPermissions
3	InterimPlaceholderEntity
4	InvalidItemId
5	InvalidThreadId
6	InvalidUriInPostOptions
7	InvalidMediaLinkName
8	InvalidMediaLinkURI
9	InvalidMediaLinkSnippetURI
10	MediaLinkAddFailure
11	NoServiceContext
12	Invalid_MicroBlogType_Requested
13	Only_One_ContentUri_Allowed_Per_Post
14	Invalid_Content_Null_Or_Empty
15	Invalid_Content_Length_Greater_Than_512_Chars
16	Invalid_KeyWord_Found_In_Content
17	Invalid_MediaLinks_SerializedString
18	Invalid_MicroBlogPost_SerializedString
19	MicroBlogEntity_Error_PublishedFeedList_NotFound
20	MicroBlogEntity_Invalid_GetPublishedFeed
21	MicroBlogPost_Error_SavingToPublishedFeed
22	MicroBlogPost_Error_PublishingToCache
23	MicroBlogPost_Error_DeletingFromCache
24	MicroBLogList_Error_FetchingList
25	MicroBlogList_Error_ExecutingQuery
26	MicroBlogList_Error_FetchingItem
27	MicroBlogList_Error_AddingItem
28	MicroBlogList_Error_Updating_Item
29	MicroBlogList_Error_FetchMBProfileItem
30	MicroBlogList_Error_AccessingProperty
31	InvalidRequest
32	InvalidLikeRequest
33	InvalidLockRequest
34	InvalidRootPost
35	InvalidReplyRequest
36	InvalidReplyRequest_MaxRepliesPerRootPost_LimitReached
37	InvalidLikeRequest_AlreadyMarkedAsLiked
38	InvalidUnLikeRequest_AlreadyMarkedAsUnLike
39	InvalidEMailSubscriptionRequest_AlreadyUnsubscribed
40	InvalidEMailSubscriptionRequest_AlreadySubscribed
41	InvalidEMailSubscriptionRequest_NotThread
42	InvalidLockRequest_AlreadyMarkedAsLocked
43	InvalidUnLockRequest_AlreadyMarkedAsUnLocked
44	InvalidLockRequest_LockingNonRootPost
45	ServerErrorCanReplyIsFalse
46	ServerErrorFeatureDisabled
47	ServerErrorSiteNotFound
48	ServerErrorMicroBlogListNotFound
49	ServerErrorRootPostNotFound
50	ServerErrorPublishedFeedListNotFound
51	ServerErrorPublishedFeedListItemNotFound
52	ServerErrorSavingListItemField
53	ServerErrorInvalidFeedRequest
54	ServerErrorFetchingPublishedFeed
55	ServerErrorFetchingConsolidatedFeed
56	ServerErrorFetchingCategoricalFeed
57	ServerErrorFetchingActivityFeed
58	ServerErrorSecurityTrimmer
59	ServerErrorDuplicateMessageId
60	ServerErrorOpeningPersonalSite
61	ServerError_Initialization
62	ServerErrorInvalidContentURI
63	ServerErrorInvalidFollowedItemType
64	ServerErrorPublishingToList
65	ServerErrorPublishingToCache
66	MicroBlogDeletionError_NotOwner
67	ServerCacheError_CacheNotFound
68	ServerCacheError_NotAuthorized
69	ServerCacheError_ThreadNotFound
70	IncorrectTenantPartition
71	InvalidUserAccount
72	InvalidKeywordTag
73	Taxonomy_TagNotAvailabelForTagging
74	Taxonomy_TermStoreNotFound
75	InvalidEntityIdentifier
76	UnexpectedEntityType
77	WarningPersonalSiteNotFoundCannotCreate
78	WarningPersonalSiteNotFoundCanCreate
79	WarningPersonalSiteNotFoundCanCreateNoPermissions
80	WarningPersonalSiteNotFoundCanCreateError
81	ErrorPersonalSiteNotFound
82	GuidStringConversionError
83	ServerErrorUnableToFetchUserProfile
84	SP_MFPD_DataBase_Exception
85	SP_MFPD_DataBase_DefinitionNotFound
86	SP_MFPD_Invalid_Operation
87	SP_MFPD_Invalid_Value
88	SP_MFPD_Partition_Mismatch
89	SP_MFPD_Definition_Disabled
90	Invalid_MicroBlogPost_DefinitionNameIsRequired
91	Invalid_MicroBlogPost_InvalidDefinitionName
92	InvalidRequest_PostIsLocked
93	ServerErrorUnableToAttachPicture
94	InvalidFeedCacheEntity_UserMissingURI
95	InvalidFeedCacheEntity_DocMissingURI
96	RestrictedListStorageCompromised
97	InvalidPostTarget