# Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 422

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**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [December 21, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-load-resource-the-server-responded-with-a-status-of-422/249629 "2022-12-21T22:57:32Z")\
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Some of my users get a generic “There is an error” message when they try to join new channels.

As that happens, an error in console is reported:

> Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 422

Which refers to this URL `https://domain.com/chat/chat_channels/ID/follow.json` where ID is the chat ID.

That “.json” file contains:

```plaintext
{
    "errors": [
        "Slug is invalid"
    ],
    "error_type": "record_invalid"
}

```

My best guess is that it has to do with the fact that the chat name contains Cyrillic characters. When I try to rename that channel to have an English name, it gives the error “the slug is invalid” and doesn’t allow me to change it into anything. The chat has a URL `https://domain.com/chat/channel/ID/-ID`

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