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info EXPIRATION_DATE_MALFORMED

Expiration date malformed

What this means

CAT_VALIDATION_EXPIRATION_DATE_INVALID indicates expiration_date is not a valid ISO 8601 timestamp or sits in the past. Expired items are dropped from active product sets at the next refresh.

Why this happens

Snap Catalog Manager's product schema has format and value rules per attribute. This issue is typically: missing a required attribute for the category, an invalid enum value (e.g., 'XL' submitted where 'M, L, XL' is the valid set), out-of-range numbers, or attributes that conflict across the feed.

How to fix it

  1. Look up the affected attribute in Snap Catalog Manager's product data spec.
  2. Check whether the attribute is REQUIRED vs RECOMMENDED for your product category.
  3. For enum-style attributes (gender, age_group, condition), use ONLY documented values exactly (case-sensitive).
  4. For free-text attributes, stay within the character limit and avoid promotional language.
  5. Re-submit and check the next processing cycle.

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