Troubleshooting
The most common issues and how to fix them. If you’re still stuck, reach out to support.
Content isn’t generating
- Check that your Apify API key is valid and hasn’t run out of credits.
- Confirm the Stage 1 scraper is active/scheduled.
- Verify the Instagram profiles you’re scraping are public — private accounts can’t be read.
- Make sure you have at least one active character.
Pipeline stopped generating — API credits exhausted
If the pipeline was running fine and suddenly went quiet, the most likely cause is that one of your third-party services ran out of credit. Each stage depends on a paid API, so an empty balance halts everything downstream.
- Open the API Status dashboard and look for any 🟡 Low or 🔴 Critical card — most often FAL.ai (video) or Apify (scraping).
- Top up the affected service using its “Top up” link, then hit Refresh to confirm the balance recovered.
- Re-trigger the pipeline (or wait for the next scheduled run) to resume generation.
- See API Credits for recommended minimum balances and how to set up low-balance alerts.
Videos aren’t posting
- Check that your platform OAuth tokens haven’t expired — reconnect if needed.
- For X (Twitter), confirm you’re on the paid Basic tier (video upload requires it) and have API credits.
- Verify each platform app has the required posting permissions/scopes approved.
- If a review gate is enabled, remember posts wait in your queue until you approve them — see The Pipeline.
Daily limit reached
- Each plan has daily caps on assets processed and posts published.
- Limits reset at UTC midnight.
- Need more headroom? Upgrade your plan.
Payment issues
- Update your payment method from the billing section of your dashboard.
- If a payment fails, your account keeps limited access while we retry; generation and posting may pause until payment succeeds.
- Once payment goes through, the pipeline reactivates automatically.
Contact support
Still stuck? Email hello@dripcode.xyz and include your account email and what you were doing when the issue happened.