WhatsApp error 131048: Meta limited sending after blocks or spam reports
The ArabyBot teamOfficial Meta partner · written from our own platform dataOn this page 5
The short answer
Error 131048 means Meta reduced the number's sending because many of its recent messages were blocked, reported or not received. It is not a permanent ban; pause campaigns for a while, check the number's quality rating, and send only to interested people before resuming.
Why error 131048 appears
- A campaign to people who did not ask for messages, so many blocked or reported the number.
- An old or bought list full of numbers that cannot receive.
- The same message repeated many times in a short period.
How to fix it, step by step
- Pause sending for a day
Carrying on deepens the restriction and lowers quality further.
- Check the number's quality in WhatsApp Manager
Green, yellow or red; red means stop and rethink the audience and content.
- Clean the list and send to those who asked
Remove people who never engage, and add an opt-out option to the message.
What ArabyBot does about it
- The reason appears in plain words under the message itself in the inbox, on the web and in the phone app, with what to do — instead of Meta's raw English.
- A broadcast stops at the first customer this error hits instead of running through the whole audience, because the next customer would fail the same way; you resume it after the fix.
Related codes
- 130429You exceeded the number's sending speed
- 131056Too many messages to the same customer in a short time
- 4The app hit its API call limit
- 80007The WhatsApp Business account hit its rate limit
- 131042A payment-method problem stops sending
- 132012Variable values are not in the template's format
Every WhatsApp error code, grouped by kind ←
Questions about error 131048
How long does the restriction last?
Meta publishes no fixed period; it usually lifts as the quality of the next messages improves.
Source: Meta's official error code reference, with what we see on our own platform.
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