# job_not_allowed

> That background job is not on the allow-list

- HTTP status: 422
- Problem Details type: https://api.inleed.com/errors/job_not_allowed

## What happened

The `kind` you asked to start is not on the allow-list of background jobs this API will run. Only a fixed set of long-running operations can be started as jobs; an arbitrary name is refused before any work begins.

## What to do

Start the operation through its own endpoint rather than by naming a job kind. The `recovery.hint` in the response body names the kinds the endpoint you called will accept.