---
page_type: error
code: 16025
message: "16025: Dial->Conference: Participant label is in use by another participant"
level: ERROR
product: Programmable Voice
---

## Description

The participant label specified as an attribute on the conference noun in twiml is already in use by another active participant in the same conference.

### Possible Causes

1. The same static twiml specifying a participant label was served to two difference calls
2. Dynamically generated twiml specified the same participant label for two different calls
3. The participant label specified in the twiml Is the same as one specified for an outbound participant that was already added to the conference using the Twilio API

### Possible Solutions

Use a label value which uniquely identifies this participant within the conference