Error code returned by ChangeMessageVisibility isn't mentioned in the docs

Question

This script:
```
aws sqs send-message --queue-url "$1" --message-body "body"
RECEIPT_HANDLE=$(aws sqs receive-message --queue-url "$1" --visibility-timeout 300 | jq -r .Messages[0].ReceiptHandle)
aws sqs delete-message --queue-url "$1" --receipt-handle "$RECEIPT_HANDLE"
aws sqs change-message-visibility --queue-url "$1" --receipt-handle "$RECEIPT_HANDLE" --visibility-timeout "10"
```
results in the following error:
```
An error occurred (InvalidParameterValue) when calling the ChangeMessageVisibility operation: Value  for parameter ReceiptHandle is invalid. Reason: Message does not exist or is not available for visibility timeout change.
```
The `InvalidParameterValue` error code isn't mentioned anywhere on this page, however:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ChangeMessageVisibility.html

Why is that?

Here's my AWS CLI version: `aws-cli/2.7.4 Python/3.9.11 Darwin/22.3.0 exe/x86_64 prompt/off`

Answer

Due to encapsulation in the CLI code I'd expect.  The CLI is written in Python and the Python SDK (Boto3) does have a specific exception for the error you're hitting - ReceiptHandleIsInvalid in the API, SQS.Client.exceptions.ReceiptHandleIsInvalid in the SDK.  It looks like the CLI code for convenience would trap this exception and re-raise as a more generic InvalidParameterValue exception, with its description reflecting the original specific error.

Error code returned by ChangeMessageVisibility isn't mentioned in the docs

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