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# meta.container.expired

> Instagram or Threads media container exceeded its 24-hour TTL. Re-create.

## What it checks

Meta's two-step flow (create container → publish) holds the container for 24 hours. If our polling sees the container in `EXPIRED` state at publish time, this rule fires.

In practice this only matters for long-deferred publishes — synchronous `POST /v1/posts` runs end-to-end in seconds.

## Remediation

Retry the publish with the same `Idempotency-Key`. The dispatcher creates a fresh container on each attempt.

## Related

* [`threads.container.expired`](/preflight/threads-container-expired) — Threads-specific shape.
* [`threads.container.error`](/preflight/threads-container-error) — non-expiry container failures.