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# Bad cursor

# `bad_cursor`

| HTTP | When                                                             |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 400  | The pagination cursor is invalid, expired, or no longer applies. |

Cursors are opaque base64 blobs returned in `pagination.next_cursor`. We
emit `bad_cursor` when:

* The cursor isn't valid base64 / doesn't decode.
* The cursor's encoded shape is wrong (we evolve the format
  occasionally; older clients holding a stale cursor across a deploy
  may see this).
* The cursor's `(createdAt, id)` keyset references a row that no longer
  exists in the filtered result set (e.g. the row was deleted, or you
  changed `projectId` / `dateFrom` / `dateTo` mid-loop).

To recover, **start the loop from the beginning** without a cursor:

```
GET /v1/notes?projectId=proj_abc&limit=100
```

There is no need to discard the data you've already received — the
endpoint orders by `(createdAt DESC, id DESC)`, so re-paginating will
just re-emit the rows you already have. Dedupe by `id` if you can't
afford duplicates.

See [conventions.md §pagination](../conventions.md#pagination) for the
full pagination model.