One political import at a time
The requirementstatement
A second Campaign Verify import must not be submitted while one is in progress.
- Severityseverity
- BlockingBLOCKINGBreaking this rule gets the submission rejected. There is no partial credit.
- When it bitesphase
- Gates approvalapprovalGet this wrong and the brand or campaign is refused at registration.
- What is checkedobject
- the Campaign Verify import queue
- Where it liveslayer
- BrandBRAND
- How Ekas settles itdetectability
- DeterministicDETERMINISTIC
- Settled in code from the values you submitted. No model involved, no judgement call, same answer every time.
- What the fix involvesfailureClass
- Fix the fieldRETRY_FIELD
- A better value in the form fixes it. Ekas can rewrite it and re-check.
- Who requires itauthorities
- Twilio
- When it appliesapplicabilityText
- Applies to every 10DLC registration.
Why this rule existsrationale
The second request is refused rather than queued, and because a political import is slow it looks stalled long before it is — so resubmitting is the obvious thing to do and it makes the situation worse rather than better. On a dated campaign, the lost cycle is the actual cost.
How to fix itremediation
Let the in-flight import finish before submitting anything else against this brand. If it has genuinely stalled, ask the provider to check its state rather than resubmitting — a second request is refused and does not replace the first.
A compliant exampleexample
One political import in flight — check its state rather than submitting a second
Provider rejection codescodes
The code you get back when this rule is what failed, and whether that provider lets you resubmit.
| Provider | Code | Resubmit |
|---|---|---|
| Twilio | 21723 | Yes |
Notesnotes
Absorbs OPS-321, which states the same in-flight restriction and the request fields it applies to.
Rules you will hit next
Other brand rules at the same severity. A registration is judged as a whole, not rule by rule.
BRD-001A legal company name is required for every entity but a sole proprietorBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-002Legal name must match the IRS record for the EINBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-003Legal name must carry its exact entity suffix as filedBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-008Legal name must not carry an appended personal name or roleBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-009The legal name field takes the legal name, not the trading nameBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-011A legal business name may back only one brand across the whole registryBlockingBLOCKING
BRD-248 is one of 196 brand rules in the 915-rule 10DLC registry. Free to cite under CC BY 4.0.