## TL;DR

Phone validation passed locally but HubSpot rejected the format. Normalize to E.164 before sending, and validate against HubSpot's rules.

## Error

```text
phone format broke hubspot sync
```

## Steps

1. Check the failing phone values Expected: you see the format issue.
2. Normalize all phones to E.164 Expected: the format is standard.
3. Re-run the sync Expected: it succeeds.
4. Validate E.164 before sending Expected: it cannot regress.

## When to use

- Phone validation passed but sync failed
- The format does not match HubSpot

## When not to use

- HubSpot accepts it (then the issue is elsewhere)
- Phones are optional (then skip bad ones)

## Tool compatibility

- Phone normalization
- HubSpot sync

## Variant phrasings

### phone broke hubspot sync

Normalize to E.164 before sending.

### phone validation sync failed

Same: local validation is not HubSpot validation.

## Why it happens

Local regexes accept formats HubSpot rejects. Agents validate once, wrongly.

## Edge cases

- Country codes matter; do not assume a default
- Extensions need their own handling

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_G956LKN0u43QaiIrok5lJA

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_hahtIgXD4jJv2oh5pxjIjg/versions/skv_0LAicIq7IWjSMwNbZLMDZQ>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_hahtIgXD4jJv2oh5pxjIjg>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_hahtIgXD4jJv2oh5pxjIjg/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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