Survey Status Codes

API PS Status Code
ps_rstatus

Status code

Description

Supplier Redirect Type

Counts against Buyer Incidence Rate

May Retake Survey?

API PS Status Code
ps_rstatus

Status code

Description

Supplier Redirect Type

Counts against Buyer Incidence Rate

May Retake Survey?

11

PS Drop



N/A



Yes

12

PS Quota Full Core

The respondent belongs to a quota where remaining=0, and currently_open=0

Overquota



If quota reopens or new quota opens

13

PS Termination Core

Screener termination on qualification questions. Recheck survey qualifications

Termination



If qualifications change

14

PS Side In Progress

The Respondent is in Progress

N/A





15

PS Quality

De-Dupe by PureSpectrum

Security if available, Termination if unavailable



No

16

Buyer In Progress



N/A



No

17

Buyer Quota Full

Buyer has indicated quota-full

Overquota

x

No

18

Buyer Termination

Buyer has disqualified the respondent

Termination

x

No

19

Buyer Drop

The respondent has failed to return to PureSpectrum after three times current LOI

N/A

x

No - but may take a grouped survey

20

Buyer Quality Termination

Speeding, straight-lining, trap questions

Quality if available, Termination if unavailable



No

21

Complete



Complete

x

No

22

PS Survey Closed Termination

Survey Closed

Overquota



No

23

PS Survey Paused Termination

Survey Paused

Overquota



Yes

24

PS Unopened Quota Term

Quota has remaining>0, but currently_open=0

Termination



Yes

25

PS Supplier Allocation Full

No completes remaining for this supplier ID

Termination



Yes

26

PS Past Participation Fail

Respondent is attempting to reload the PS → Supplier redirect. Most likely they have already been redirected to you as a complete or Term. This status will not be present in the Survey Traffic Report as it is not a final status, it is only used for redirection purposes to prevent “replay attacks”.

Please refer to the Survey Traffic Report if there are doubts about the transaction’s original status.

Termination



No

27

PS Supplier Quota Allocation Full

Respondent has hit a Quota Full status, though the quota is limited to your supplier ID, and may be open to other suppliers. Will only apply to surveys where “Quotas By Supplier” have been set.





Yes

28

PS Invalid Survey

Survey is invalid.  Check entry links

Termination





29

PS LOI Threshold Failure

The respondent redirected back from the buyer as a complete too quickly

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If this respondent's LOI is Less than loi_fraud_threshold_factor% of the Current LOI of the survey, OR if respondent's LOI is less than loi_fraud_threshold_absolute min, the LOI is suspicious.

Settings:

  • loi_fraud_threshold_absolute_min = 10 seconds

  • loi_fraud_threshold_factor% = 10% of LOI

  • Active on projects with an LOI greater than 3 minutes

Quality if available, Termination if unavailable



No

30

Buyer Security (De-Dupe)

Respondent has already taken survey, caught by the  buyer

Security if available, Termination if unavailable



No

31

Buyer Hash Failure

Respondent has tampered the url, resulting in security hash failure

Quality if available, Termination if unavailable



No

32

PS Grouping Termination

Respondent is disqualified from taking the current survey due to grouping rules.  Check grouping rules again

Security if available, Termination if unavailable



Yes, if exclusion period expires

33

Buyer Reconcilliation Reject

The buyer has reconciled the survey, and in this process, a complete has been marked as a term

N/A



No

34

PS Temp Exclusion

Used for field management.  Special type of quota that specifies respondents to be currently excluded.

Termination



Yes, if temp exclusion is lifted

35

PS No matched quotas

Respondent failed to match at least one active quota

Termination



Yes, if a quota is added that the respondent matches

36 

PS Max IP Throttling Termination

The number of respondents taking the survey has met the max number of concurrent respondents set by the buyer

Overquota



Yes

37

PS Quota Throttling Termination

The number of respondents taking the survey should satisfy the current target of completes. If more completes are needed, then the supplier_completes.currently_open quantity will increase

Overquota



Yes

38

PS PSID Geo Termination

The respondent has previously taken a survey in a different geography

Security if available, Termination if unavailable



No

39

PS TrueSample Fail

Overall Security Failure

Security if available, Termination if unavailable





40



PS GeoIP Fail

Respondent IP fails to match the survey country

Security if available, Termination if unavailable



No

41

PS Bot Fail

Respondent is determined to be a bot

Security if available, Termination if unavailable



No

42

PS BlackList Fail

Respondent has a PureScore of 5 or below and is blocked from taking surveys.  They may however continue to interact with the PS pre-screener and potentially rehabilitate their score.

Security if available, Termination if unavailable



No

43

PS Anonymous Fail

Respondent tries to be anonymous

Security if available, Termination if unavailable







44

PS Include Fail

Respondent which is not present in the PSIDRef list

Termination



Yes

45

PS Termination Extended

Termination due to respondent not qualifying based on a profiling variable from the "Extended Profiling Question" class. Recheck survey qualifications.

Extended are things like Supplier Mapped.  Fixed Quals & Conditions for Suppliers to use to send traffic.  Available to all Buyers

Termination



If qualifications change

46

PS Termination Custom

Termination due to respondent not qualifying based on a profiling variable from the "Custom Profiling Question" class. Recheck survey qualifications.

 

Custom is the class for a question for a single buyer.  These can be more forgiving and have Conditions added after the fact.

Termination



If qualifications change

47

PS Quota Full Extended

The respondent belongs to a quota from the "Extended Profiling Question" class where remaining=0, and currently_open=0

Overquota



If quota reopens or new quota opens

48

PS Quota Full Custom

The respondent belongs to a quota from the "Custom Profiling Question" class where remaining=0, and currently_open=0

Overquota



If quota reopens or new quota opens

49

PS Include Fail


The respondent could not enter the survey because their PSID was not on the Include list.  More information about Inlclude/Exclude can be found here:  Include/Exclude PSID's

Termination

 

No

50

PS Exclude Fail

The respondent could not enter the survey because their PSID is present on the Exclude.  More information about Inlclude/Exclude can be found here:  Include/Exclude PSID's

Termination

 

No

51

Invalid Supplier

The supplier id of the respondent is invalid for this survey

Termination

 

Yes

52

PSID Service Fail

There was a failure in our internal systems that prevented this respondent from proceeding

Termination

 

Yes

55

PS Unique Link Termination

This study has insufficient links available for the respondent to be redirected to the study

Termination

 

Yes

56

Unauthorized Augment

The respondent attempted an augment survey without first qualifying for the main study.  Excessive counts of this status indicate an issue in the buyer survey, or that you are sending respondents directly into an augment survey which is not valid.

Termination

 

Yes

57

PS Supplier Quota Full

The respondent belongs to a quota where remaining=0, and currently_open=0.  Unlike status code 12 - this is on a supplier level rather than on a survey level.

Overquota

 

Yes

58

PS Supplier Quota Throttling Termination

Similiar to Status 37 - The number of respondents taking the survey for this quota should satisfy the current target of completes. If more completes are needed, then the supplier_completes.currently_open quantity will increase

Overquota

 

Yes

59

Buyer Config Error

The respondent was redirected from the buyer with missing parameters.

Termination

 

No

60

PS_Js_Fail

The respondent is using an incompatible browser, or has disabled JavaScript in their browser.  This respondent will see a warning, and then be redirected back to the supplier after 15 seconds.

Termination

 

Yes

62

Ps_NoPureScore

Internal system error when a respondent’s profile returns “undefined” for purescore. May be caused when a respondent attempts to tamper with their profile.

Termination

 

Yes

63

PS_Blacklist_Data_Quality

The Respondent failed at given Limit of data quality check questions, they will be terminated with PS Blacklist Data Quality status.

Termination

 

Yes

64

PS_Blacklist_Data_Quality_2

The respondent has failed at a given limit of data quality check questions on a second attempt. Anyone failing with this status will automatically see their purescore drop below 5, and future transactions will result in status 42 (ps_blacklist_fail)

Termination

 

No

65

PS_Rvid_IPStatus_Fail

The IP address of the respondent falls under the “highest” risk category by Relevant ID’s

Termination

 

No

67

PS_SC_Fraudster_Fail

The respondent has been evaluated as a High Risk threat by Sample Chain for fraud

Termination

 

No

68

PS_SC_Threat_Fail

The respondent has been evaluated as a High Risk threat by Sample Chain for fraud

 

 

 

69

PS_TC_Termination

This status adds another layer of de-duplication against a related or grouped survey(s) and covers the following statues: ps_OQ, ps_drop, ps_quality, ps_termination

Termination

 

No

70

PS_DF_DUPE

The respondent has been flagged as a duplicate within the same survey ID. We expect most PS_quality terminations to be reclassified under this code. Integrate GET PSIDEligible using the optional Research Defender respondent_ud parameter to reduce this status to 0.

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

No

71

ScHashFail

Respondent has attempted to alter security check API response

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

No

73

PS_Transaction_Fraud

The respondent got flagged by our internal fraud check

Termination

 

 

74

PS_Respondent_Redirect_Fail

The buyer has failed to created the URL link for the respondent. Use the to pre-process buyer eligibility for a respondent.

Termination

 

Yes

75

PS_Blacklist_Data_Quality_4

Respondent failed data quality battery on a survey where DQ is required

Termination

No

No

76

PS_DQ_Screener_Invalid

Internal Error due to missing data quality battery answers

Termination

No

Yes

77

PS_Supply_Inbound_Hash_Security

 

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

 

78

PS_DQ_Honeypot_Fail

 

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

 

79

PS_PureText_Dedupe_Fail

Respondent has attempted OE question with duplicated text

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

No

80

PS_AI_Text_Fail

Respondent has attempted OE question with text from AI/ChatGPT

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

No

81

PS_Puretext_Language_Fail

Respondent has attempted OE question with different language text

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

No

82

PS_Survey_Signature_Fail

Survey signature is not correct in survey entry link

Security if available, Termination if unavailable

 

Yes

83

PS_Browser_Manipulation_Fail

 

 

 

 

84

Buyer_PS_API_Fail

 

 

 

 

85

ps_rd_predupe_fail

Respondent has failed the Research Defender Predupe Check

 

 

No

86

ps_df_dupe_grouping

Respondent has failed a grouped survey check based on device ID

 

 

No