# Customer email address is invalid

You are trying to create or update a customer with an invalid email address.

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## Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "type": "request_error",
    "code": "customer_email_invalid",
    "detail": "Cannot create or update customer with an invalid email address.",
    "documentation_url": "https://developer.paddle.com/errors/customers/customer_email_invalid"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
  }
}
```

## Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status code | 400 |
| Error code | `customer_email_invalid` |
| Error message | Cannot create or update customer with an invalid email address. |

## Common causes

- Email address contains non-[ASCII characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII), for example characters with accents.
- Email address contains leading, trailing, or consecutive dots.
- Email address contains spaces.
- Email address has more than 64 characters before @ (RFC 5322 compliance)

## Common solutions

- Check that the email address is entered correctly.
- Check the email address doesn't include non-printable Unicode characters.
- Use another email address.
- Check that local part of the email address doesn't have more than 64 characters.