# TYPE_ABSTRACT: The content type is abstract

> The type exists to be inherited from. Only the types that extend it take entries.

Sent by the management API (400). The page: https://coho-cms.com/errors/type-abstract/

## What to do

Create the entry as one of its subtypes.

## The response

```json
{
  "code": "TYPE_ABSTRACT",
  "type": "https://coho-cms.com/errors/type-abstract",
  "title": "The content type is abstract",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "What went wrong in this request, in a sentence.",
  "instance": "/v1/projects/…"
}
```

Every error code: https://coho-cms.com/errors/