Reject <3> message – FIX 4.3 – FIX Dictionary

FIX 4.3 : Reject <3> message

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Description

The Reject <3> message should be issued when a message is received but cannot be properly processed due to a session-level rule violation. An example of when a reject may be appropriate would be the receipt of a message with invalid basic data (e.g. MsgType <35>=&) which successfully passes de-encryption, CheckSum <10> and BodyLength <9> checks. As a rule, messages should be forwarded to the trading application for business level rejections whenever possible.

Rejected messages should be logged and the incoming sequence number incremented.

Note: The receiving application should disregard any message that is garbled, cannot be parsed or fails a data integrity check. Processing of the next valid FIX message will cause detection of a sequence gap and a Resend Request <2> will be generated. Logic should be included in the FIX engine to recognize the possible infinite resend loop, which may be encountered in this situation.

Generation and receipt of a Reject <3> message indicates a serious error that may be the result of faulty logic in either the sending or receiving application.

If the sending application chooses to retransmit the rejected message, it should be assigned a new sequence number and sent with PossResend <97>=Y.

Whenever possible, it is strongly recommended that the cause of the failure be described in the Text <58> field (e.g. INVALID DATA - FIELD 35).

If an application-level message received fulfills session-level rules, it should then be processed at a business message-level. If this processing detects a rule violation, a business-level reject should be issued. Many business-level messages have specific "reject" messages, which should be used. All others can be rejected at a business-level via the Business Message Reject <j> message.

Note that in the event a business message is received, fulfills session-level rules, however, the message cannot be communicated to the business-level processing system, a Business Message Reject <j> with BusinessRejectReason <380> = "Application not available at this time" should be issued.

Scenarios for session-level Reject <3>:

SessionRejectReason
0	Invalid tag number
1	Required tag missing
2	Tag not defined for this message type
3	Undefined Tag
4	Tag specified without a value
5	Value is incorrect (out of range) for this tag
6	Incorrect data format for value
7	Decryption problem
8	Signature <89> problem
9	CompID problem
10	SendingTime <52> accuracy problem
11	Invalid MsgType <35>
12	XML Validation error
13	Tag appears more than once
14	Tag specified out of required order
15	Repeating group fields out of order
16	Incorrect NumInGroup count for repeating group
17	Non "data" value includes field delimiter (SOH character)
( Note other session-level rule violations may exist in which case SessionRejectReason <373> is not specified )

Structure

Tag	Field Name	Req'd	Comments
<MessageHeader>		Y	MsgType <35> = 3
45	RefSeqNum	Y	MsgSeqNum <34> of rejected message
371	RefTagID	N	The tag number of the FIX field being referenced.
372	RefMsgType	N	The MsgType <35> of the FIX message being referenced.
373	SessionRejectReason	N	Code to identify reason for a session-level Reject <3> message.
58	Text	N	Where possible, message to explain reason for rejection
354	EncodedTextLen	N	Must be set if EncodedText <355> field is specified and must immediately precede it.
355	EncodedText	N	Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Text <58> field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding <347> field.
<MessageTrailer>		Y

Sample Message

The '^' character is used to represent SOH character.

8=FIX.4.3^9=134^35=3^49=SellSide^56=BuySide^34=3^52=20190606-10:58:56.849^45=3^58=Invalid Resend Request: BeginSeqNo (5) is greater than expected (2)^10=111^