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critical INVENTORY_IN_FEED_DOES_NOT_MAT

Inventory in feed does not match landing page stock

What this means

The availability or stock count differs between the product feed and the live website. Listings are paused until inventory is synchronized.

Why this happens

TikTok Shop / TikTok 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 TikTok Shop / TikTok 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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