Altinn
diff --git a/‎src/Altinn.App.Api/Controllers/InstancesController.cs‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions b/‎src/Altinn.App.Api/Controllers/InstancesController.cs‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions
@@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ public async Task<ActionResult<InstanceResponse>> PostSimplified(
 
             processResult = await _processEngine.GenerateProcessStartEvents(request);
 
+            if (!processResult.Success)
+                return Conflict(processResult.ErrorMessage);
+
             Instance? source = null;
 
             if (isCopyRequest)
@@ -608,9 +611,6 @@ public async Task<ActionResult<InstanceResponse>> PostSimplified(
 
             instance = await _instanceClient.GetInstance(instance);
 
-            if (!processResult.Success)
-                return Conflict(processResult.ErrorMessage);
-
             var startProcessResult = await _processEngine.Start(
                 instance,
                 processResult.ProcessStateChange,