# MatchmakingFailed
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Matchmaking ticket has encountered an error. This may be due to the game session queue not accessible or to an internal error.

**Resource:** ConfigurationArn

**Detail:** type, tickets, ruleEvaluationMetrics, message, matchId, gameSessionInfo

## Example
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```
{
  "version": "0",
  "id": "025b55a4-41ac-4cf4-89d1-f2b3c6fd8f9d",
  "detail-type": "GameLift Matchmaking Event",
  "source": "aws.gamelift",
  "account": "123456789012",
  "time": "2017-08-16T18:41:09.970Z",
  "region": "us-west-2",
  "resources": [
    "arn:aws:gamelift:us-west-2:123456789012:matchmakingconfiguration/SampleConfiguration"
  ],
  "detail": {
    "tickets": [
      {
        "ticketId": "ticket-1",
        "startTime": "2017-08-16T18:41:02.631Z",
        "players": [
          {
            "playerId": "player-1",
            "team": "red"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "customEventData": "foo",
    "type": "MatchmakingFailed",
    "reason": "UNEXPECTED_ERROR",
    "message": "An unexpected error was encountered during match placing.",
    "gameSessionInfo": {
      "players": [
        {
          "playerId": "player-1",
          "team": "red"
        }
      ]
    },
    "matchId": "3ea83c13-218b-43a3-936e-135cc570cba7"
  }
}
```