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Credential is the default

credential_is_default

The default credential can't be retired.

What this means​

Services get the default credential when their connection settings are updated, so it can't be retired.

How to fix it​

Make another credential the default first, then retire this one.

Retry behavior​

Retry after another credential has been made the default.

How it appears in the response​

ComputeSphere returns errors as RFC 7807 Problem Details. The type field is the docs URL for this page — switch on code in your client.

{
  "type":    "https://docs.computesphere.com/errors/credential_is_default",
  "title":   "Credential is the default",
  "status":  409,
  "code":    "credential_is_default",
  "detail":  "The default credential can't be retired.",
  "instance": "/v2/…",
  "request_id": "f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479",
  "trace_id":   null
}

The Content-Type header is application/problem+json. On field-level validation errors a non-empty errors[] array also appears, each entry carrying its own docs_url for the offending field.