# Non-helpful error message when IP address already exists in list

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-helpful-error-message-when-ip-address-already-exists-in-list/49893>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [2016 年9 月 8 日 14:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-helpful-error-message-when-ip-address-already-exists-in-list/49893 "2016-09-08T14:56:23Z")\
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作者： ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
发布日期： [2016 年9 月 8 日 15:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-helpful-error-message-when-ip-address-already-exists-in-list/49893/3 "2016-09-08T15:12:57Z")

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~~Could it be that I’m a moderator?~~

Scratch that, they’re already on the list. Interestingly searching for the first 8 bytes of the address only failed - but they’re there. Need a better error message here!

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