Donation Route Error: unknown_error
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I have recently copied this donation form to the new builder and it all seemed to work perfectly however it will not process a donation.
When I try to process it it gives an error:The following error occurred when submitting the form:
- Something went wrong, please try again or contact support.
In the logs the error is listed as:
2025-11-14 02:49:27
Donation Route Error: unknown_error
Please let me know how I can fix this.
Thanks,
DaleThe page I need help with: [log in to see the link]
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Hello @daleharris42 ,
Glad you reached out, happy to help.
In the GiveWP > Tools > Logs entries, you should be able to see more text then that…..can you click there again, and then click on the “eyeball” button on the far right? We’ll need to see all of that text and also please include your system information.
To do this, navigate to GiveWP > Tools > System Info (tab), click the button to Get System Report and copy/paste ALL of the text in your reply to us here. This is a (silent) screen video showing you were to find this information in your WordPress admin: https://www.loom.com/share/28139090d53c4fb5a26ea11dd04d0227
Thanks in advance! We look forward to guiding you to a resolution here! 🙂
Here is the full error details:
Log ID: 5395
Description:Donation Route Error: unknown_error
Category:Core
Source:Give Core
Date & Time:2025-11-14 02:49:27
Error details:{ “error_type”: “unknown_error”, “exceptionMessage”: “[404] Error connecting to the API (https://us8.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists//merge-fields)”, “formData”: { “gatewayId”: “stripe_payment_element”, “requestData”: { “givewp-route”: “donate”, “givewp-route-signature”: “da5cc825673ea627fca4a4079e677b55”, “givewp-route-signature-id”: “givewp-donate”, “givewp-route-signature-expiration”: “1763174895”, “formId”: “15876”, “amount”: “5”, “currency”: “AUD”, “donationType”: “single”, “subscriptionPeriod”: “one-time”, “subscriptionFrequency”: “1”, “subscriptionInstallments”: “0”, “gatewayId”: “stripe_payment_element”, “feeRecovery”: “0.4582904222451081”, “honorific”: “Mr.”, “firstName”: “Dale”, “lastName”: “Harris”, “email”: “[email protected]”, “mailchimp”: “true”, “anonymous”: “false”, “organisation_name”: “Studio Ink”, “trading_name”: “Studio Ink”, “abn”: “”, “reference”: “”, “phone”: “0411899840”, “donationBirthday”: “”, “originUrl”: “https://bendigofoodshare.org.au/donations/donate-today-2025/”, “isEmbed”: “true”, “embedId”: “15876”, “locale”: “en_AU”, “gatewayData”: { “stripePaymentMethod”: “card”, “stripePaymentMethodIsCreditCard”: “redacted“, “formId”: “15876”, “stripeKey”: “pk_live_SMtnnvlq4TpJelMdklNha8iD”, “stripeConnectedAccountId”: “acct_1DtOGwCvsxJzUAIZ” } }, “formId”: 15876, “originUrl”: “https://bendigofoodshare.org.au/donations/donate-today-2025/”, “embedId”: “15876”, “isEmbed”: true } }
Here is the system info:
WordPress Environment
Home URL: https://bendigofoodshare.org.au
Site URL: https://bendigofoodshare.org.au
WP Version: 6.8.3
WP Multisite: –
WP Memory Limit: 512 MB
WP Debug Mode: –
WP Cron: –
Language: en_AU
Permalink Structure: /%postname%/
Show on Front: page
Page on Front: Home (#44)
Page for Posts: News (#295)
Table Prefix Length: wp_nnr7wrxmmp_
Table Prefix Length: 14
Table Prefix Status: Acceptable
Admin AJAX: Accessible
Registered Post Statuses: publish, future, draft, pending, private, trash, auto-draft, inherit, request-pending, request-confirmed, request-failed, request-completed, emexpired, expired, cancelled, refunded, completed, tribe-ea-success, tribe-ea-failed, tribe-ea-schedule, tribe-ea-pending, tribe-ea-draft, tribe-ignored, failed, revoked, abandoned, processing, preapproval, upgraded, give_subscription Server Environment
Hosting Provider: Pagely
TLS Connection: Connection uses TLS 1.3
TLS Connection: Probably Okay
Server Info: Unit/1.33.0
PHP Version: 8.0.30.7
PHP Post Max Size: 1 GB
PHP Time Limit: 180
PHP Max Input Vars: 10000
PHP Max Upload Size: 1 GB
cURL Version: 7.88.1, OpenSSL/3.0.17
SUHOSIN Installed: –
MySQL Version: 8.0.37
Default Timezone is UTC: ✔
fsockopen/cURL: ✔
SoapClient: ✔
DOMDocument: ✔
gzip: ✔
GD Graphics Library: ✔
Multibyte String: ✔
Remote Post: ✔
Remote Get: ✔ GiveWP Configuration
GiveWP Version: 4.13.0
GiveWP Cache: Enabled
Database Updates: All DB Updates Completed.
Database Updates: All database migrations completed.
Database Tables: ✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_donors✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_donormeta✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_comments✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_commentmeta✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_sessions✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_formmeta✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_sequential_ordering✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_donationmeta✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_revenue✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_migrations✔ wp_nnr7wrxmmp_give_log
GiveWP Cache: Enabled
GiveWP Cache: ✔New Donation✔Donation Receipt✔Donation Processing Receipt❌New Offline Donation❌Offline Donation Instructions✔New User Registration✔User Registration Information✔Donation Note✔Email access✔Daily Email Report✔Weekly Email Report✔Monthly Email Report❌Renewal Receipt Email❌Admin Renewal Receipt Email❌Subscription Cancelled Email❌Admin Subscription Cancelled Email❌Subscription Completed Email❌Subscription Reminder Email✔Subscriptions Email Access✔Subscription Payment Failed Email
Upgraded From: 4.12.0
Test Mode: Disabled
Currency Code: AUD
Currency Position: Before
Decimal Separator: .
Thousands Separator: ,
Success Page: https://bendigofoodshare.org.au/donate/confirmation/
Failure Page: https://bendigofoodshare.org.au/donate/failed/
Donation History Page: https://bendigofoodshare.org.au/donate/dashboard/
GiveWP Forms Slug: /donations/
Enabled Payment Gateways: Stripe - Credit Card, Stripe - Apple Pay, Stripe - Google Pay, Stripe - Payment Element
Default Payment Gateway: Stripe - Credit Card
PayPal IPN Notifications: N/A
Donor Email Access: Enabled
Stripe Webhook Notifications: N/A
Platform Fee Amount: 0% Active GiveWP Add-ons
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Give - Email Reports: ✔ Licensed – by GiveWP – 1.1.4
Give - Fee Recovery: ✔ Licensed – by GiveWP – 2.3.6
Give - Form Field Manager: ✔ Licensed – by GiveWP – 3.2.0
Give - Google Analytics Donation Tracking: ✔ Licensed – by GiveWP – 3.0.1
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Give - Recurring Donations: ✔ Licensed – by GiveWP – 2.15.1
Give - Stripe Gateway: ✔ Licensed – by GiveWP – 2.7.1
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Hello again,
Thank you for the system information!
Since that error is from the GiveWP MailChimp premium add-on, we cannot provide support for that here. Please go to our priority support page in here — https://givewp.com/priority-support/, and we’ll be happy to take a closer look at the issue.
I’m marking this one as resolved, but please reach out to our priority support team in the link above so we can guide you to a resolution there.
Thank you for using GiveWP!
Have a good day 🙂
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