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August 28, 2026
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Bulk Subscribe Profiles - email' must not be empty when the email channel is included in 'subscriptions'

  • August 28, 2026
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Hi Everyone,

 

Encountering an issue when trying to Bulk Subscribe profiles,  

 

Bulk subscribe failed: HTTP 400 - {"errors":[{"id":"75942db2-bdc5-414c-821b-56d76fb1a2e4","status":400,"code":"invalid","title":"Invalid input.","detail":"'email' must not be empty when the email channel is included in 'subscriptions'.","source":{"pointer":"/data/attributes/profiles/data/0/attributes/email"},"links":{},"meta":{}},

 

From the Documentation i can see that email address is not required:

The email address relating to the email subscription included in subscriptions. If the email channel is omitted from subscriptions, this will be set on the profile.

I am supplying the profile ID and hoping this would be enough.

I have tried also including the email address but then encountered problems around duplicate email.

 

could anyone point out what I'm doing wrong?

many thanks

 

 

1 reply

Temi O.
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 28, 2026

Hi there ​@tcz ! Thank you for sharing this. 

From my understanding, the error occurs because you’re requesting email consent in subscriptions.email, but the request does not include an email address for that subscription. A profile ID identifies which profile to update, but Klaviyo still needs the email address when the email channel is included in the request. The email field is optional only when email is omitted from subscriptions.

Try retrieving the profile first and passing the exact email address currently associated with that profile, along with its profile ID. Including the matching email should not create a duplicate. If you still receive a duplicate-email error, check that the email belongs to the same profile ID and that you are not passing an email associated with another profile. You can also use the email as the profile identifier instead of the profile ID if that is easier, but I understand you might require just a profile ID for your purposes.

Sharing the relevant documentation Bulk Subscribe Profiles for visibility. Hope this helps!

 


Temi@Klaviyo