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MTA:SA error code

MTA:SA error CD32

The server banned the serial of this MTA installation, and gave a reason.

Code
CD32
Where you see it
The connection dialog
MTA's own wording
Serial ban; reason
Family
CD codes

What it means

A CD code appears when a connection to a server fails, is refused, or ends. Most of them carry a second line with the server's own reason. MTA's own documentation gives this code as Serial ban; reason.

How to fix it

Work down the list and stop when it is solved.

  1. Copy the whole message first

    Write down every line MTA shows, not only the code. The rest of the message often names the file, the server or the reason, and that is what tells you which step below applies.

  2. Ask the server, not MTA

    If the message names a server rule, a kick, a ban or a reason, that decision belongs to that server. Take the exact message to the server's own forum or Discord. MTA cannot change another server's decision.

  3. If you were banned, appeal where it was issued

    A server ban is appealed on that server. An MTA global ban is appealed through MTA's own process. Keep the full message: it names who issued it.

  4. Check your log if it keeps happening

    Paste the message, or MTA's core.log, into the Fix tool on this site. It runs on your own computer and points at the matching steps.

What it does not mean

A serial ban belongs to the server that issued it.

Still stuck? The Fix tool reads MTA's own log on your computer and points at the matching steps. Nothing is uploaded.

Open the Fix tool

Other CD codes

Where this comes from

Official Error Codes catalog; full message and issuer remain necessary.

Meanings read from these sources on 5 September 2026 and written in our own words here.