If something goes wrong with your sponsorship request, this page covers the most common errors and how to resolve them. Each issue includes the likely cause and the specific steps you should take. If none of these apply to your situation, check the dashboard worker health status or contact the infrastructure team.Documentation Index
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"Wallet not found" error when requesting sponsorship
"Wallet not found" error when requesting sponsorship
Cause: You are trying to request sponsorship for a wallet address that has not been registered with ArcPass yet. The API requires the wallet to exist in the database before a sponsorship request can be created.Fix: Register the wallet first by calling:Once registration succeeds, submit your sponsorship request again with the same wallet address.
"Already sponsored" or rejected request status
"Already sponsored" or rejected request status
Cause: Your wallet has already received a sponsorship. The If you believe this is an error — for example, you never received gas despite the registry showing
SponsorshipRegistry contract on-chain records every sponsored wallet permanently, and isSponsored() returns true for your address. ArcPass enforces a one-sponsorship-per-wallet limit at the contract level.Fix: This is expected behavior and cannot be overridden. To confirm the on-chain state yourself, you can call the SponsorshipRegistry contract directly:true — contact the infrastructure team with your wallet address and the transaction hash from the relay record.Request stuck in pending status for a long time
Request stuck in pending status for a long time
Cause: The relay worker may be experiencing a processing delay or backlog. The worker processes pending requests every 5 seconds by default, but high load, a slow network response, or a temporary worker restart can delay processing.Fix: Wait a few minutes and check your request status again using:You can also check the
/dashboard for worker health indicators. If the worker shows as unhealthy or requests have been in pending state for more than 10–15 minutes without movement, the infrastructure team monitors service health and will investigate."Rate limited" (429 error)
"Rate limited" (429 error)
Cause: Your IP address or wallet address has exceeded the allowed number of requests within the current rate limit window. By default, a single IP can send up to 10 requests per hour and a single wallet can appear in up to 5 requests per hour. Exceeding either threshold triggers an automatic 15-minute block.Fix: Wait for the block period to expire — it lasts 15 minutes by default — then try your request again. There is no way to manually reset the limit. If you are hitting rate limits during normal use (not testing or automation), something in your client may be sending duplicate requests. Check the rate limits reference for more details on how the windows and thresholds work.
Request shows "failed" status after processing
Request shows "failed" status after processing
Cause: The relay worker attempted to submit your transaction on-chain but encountered an error — most commonly a network connectivity issue with the RPC endpoint or insufficient balance in the A new request starts the relay process from the beginning. If requests continue to fail after multiple attempts, the vault may have insufficient funds — this is an operator-level issue and the infrastructure team will need to top up the treasury.
SponsorVault treasury. The worker retries failed relay attempts automatically.Fix: The system retries your request up to 5 times before marking it as permanently failed. If the status is failed and no further retries are pending, you can submit a new sponsorship request:Invalid wallet address error
Invalid wallet address error
Cause: The wallet address you submitted does not match the required format. ArcPass validates all addresses against the pattern
^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$ — a 0x prefix followed by exactly 40 hexadecimal characters (42 characters total).Fix: Double-check your wallet address. Common mistakes include:- Missing the
0xprefix - An address that is too short or too long (should be exactly 42 characters)
- Non-hexadecimal characters in the address body
- Copying extra whitespace before or after the address
Service appears offline on the dashboard
Service appears offline on the dashboard
Cause: The API or worker service may be temporarily unavailable due to a deployment, restart, or infrastructure issue.Fix: Wait a few minutes and check the dashboard again. ArcPass services are monitored by the infrastructure team and outages are investigated automatically. If the service remains unavailable for an extended period, report the issue through the project’s GitHub repository. Do not repeatedly retry requests during a known outage, as this may interact with rate limit counters.