WhatsApp error 131053
Error 131053: Media upload failed
Error 131053 means Meta could not accept a file you uploaded or sent, most often because its type is not one WhatsApp supports. Check the file’s type against Meta’s list of supported media, convert it if needed and try again.
- Meta’s description
- “The media could not be uploaded for one or more reasons, such as an unsupported media type.” Meta’s error codes, 5 October 2026
- Charged by Meta?
- No. Meta charges only for delivered messages, and this one was not delivered.
Common causes
- A file type WhatsApp does not support.
- A file whose real format does not match the MIME type it was sent with.
How to fix it
- Check the file’s MIME type against the supported media types in Meta’s documentation.
- Convert it to a supported format and upload it again.
- The error details in the messages webhook can point to the problem.
What Fliok does about it
- Fliok treats 131053 as permanent and does not retry it with the same file.
Meta sets and changes these codes. If anything here disagrees with Meta’s current reference, Meta is right.
Meta checks what the file is, not just its name. Convert it to a supported format instead.
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