# Error code 422 when trying to add a friend

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977 "2024-04-24T23:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![zacwhite15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zacwhite15](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zacwhite15)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977/1 "2024-04-24T23:49:40Z")

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so i am nowhere near the limit for friends but i am getting “request failed with status code 422” when trying to add a friend in Plex. any idea whats going on?

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**Author:** ![jamesrhross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jamesrhross/32/147277_2.png) [@jamesrhross](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jamesrhross)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977/2 "2024-07-19T06:33:27Z")

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Still trying to sort this out. Any news?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977/3 "2024-07-19T10:41:39Z")

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Make sure that the total number of shares doesn’t reach the 3-digit numbers.  
That number is counted across all servers you have, and also those you no longer have.  
So be sure to remove older server instances from your account. [https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/settings/devices/pms](https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/settings/devices/pms)

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**Author:** ![jamesrhross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jamesrhross/32/147277_2.png) [@jamesrhross](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jamesrhross)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977/4 "2024-09-02T21:34:44Z")

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Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Thats gold. I did not know they were there and I have wanted to remove old servers for a long time. totally fixed me. My apologies for the late reply. I kulled a bunch of friends that were not using it and fixed it that way but your tip was a home run. Thanks Otto

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**Author:** ![prog2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@prog2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/prog2000)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977/5 "2024-09-21T17:12:31Z")

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Hi, I tried the solution of cleaning the server section but I still have the same problem … can someone help me ?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977/6 "2024-09-21T19:49:25Z")

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Your invited user needs to:

1. confirm the email address of his plex account
2. accept your invitation

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-code-422-when-trying-to-add-a-friend/875977/7 "2024-12-20T19:49:28Z")

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