Meter already exists for this action and usage balance unit

{
  "error": {
    "type": "request_error",
    "code": "meter_action_usage_balance_unit_duplicate",
    "detail": "a meter already exists with action api_call and usage_balance_unit_id ubu_01kw8ta2j8x5t7q4v9m1kd6phz",
    "documentation_url": "https://developer.paddle.com/errors/meters/meter_action_usage_balance_unit_duplicate"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
  }
}

Details

Status code

400

Error code

meter_action_usage_balance_unit_duplicate

Error message

a meter already exists with action %s and usage_balance_unit_id %s

Common causes

• An existing meter already has the same action and usage_balance_unit_id as the meter you're creating. If both meters existed, one usage event would draw down the same usage balance unit twice.
• The existing meter with the same action and usage_balance_unit_id is archived. Archived meters still count, so a new meter can't reuse their action and usage_balance_unit_id.
• You're updating a meter's action to one that another meter with the same usage_balance_unit_id already uses.

Troubleshooting

• Use a different action for the meter.
• Use a different usage_balance_unit_id if the new meter should draw down a different usage balance unit. You can't change usage_balance_unit_id after you create a meter.
• To bring back an archived meter instead of creating a new one, update it and set status to active. To find archived meters, list meters with the status query parameter set to archived.