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# Processing Profile Required

This error appears when a product has no processing profile assigned to it. As of mid-2025, Etsy's API requires every physical listing to include a processing profile that tells buyers how long order preparation takes before shipping.

**Error Key:** `ProcessingProfileNotFound`

## What Is a Processing Profile?

A processing profile (also called a readiness state) tells buyers whether an item is **ready to ship** or **made to order**, and how many business days you need to prepare and dispatch it. Etsy made this a mandatory field for all physical listings through its API v3. Digital listings do not require a processing profile.

There are two readiness states:

* **Ready to ship** — the item is made and will ship within your stated processing time
* **Made to order** — the item is created after purchase and requires additional production time

## Why This Happens

This error occurs when:

* The product was never assigned a processing profile in the app
* The processing profile it was pointing to was deleted from your Etsy shop
* The product was created before processing profiles became mandatory and hasn't been updated yet

## How to Fix It

1. Open the affected product in the **Etsy Integration – DPL** app.
2. Locate the **Processing Profile** or **Readiness State** field.
3. Assign an existing processing profile. If none appear, see the related error *Processing Profile Missing* to create one first.
4. Retry the upload.

**Note:** Processing profiles only apply to physical item listings. If you are uploading a digital product, this field should not be required.