content_policy_violation

The task prompt or environment setup commands were flagged by the platform's automated content policy checks.

The content_policy_violation error occurs when the task prompt or environment setup commands are flagged by the platform's automated content policy checks.

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Details

• HTTP Status: 403 Forbidden

• Retryable: No

• Task State: FAILED

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When does this occur?

This error is returned when:

• The task prompt contains content that violates Warp's usage policies

• The environment setup commands contain patterns flagged as potentially harmful

• The automated content classifier determines the task should be blocked

For security reasons, the error message is intentionally generic and does not describe what specifically was flagged.

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Example response

{
  "type": "https://docs.warp.dev/reference/api-and-sdk/troubleshooting/errors/content-policy-violation",
  "title": "Unable to start cloud agent. Please try again or contact support if the issue persists.",
  "status": 403,
  "instance": "/api/v1/agent/tasks",
  "error": "Unable to start cloud agent. Please try again or contact support if the issue persists.",
  "retryable": false,
  "trace_id": "abc123..."
}

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How to resolve

1. Review your task prompt and environment setup commands to ensure they comply with Warp's usage policies.

2. If you believe this was flagged in error, contact Warp support and include the trace_id from the error response.

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Related

• Cloud Agents Overview — How cloud agent tasks work

• Environments — Configuring setup commands