# Adaptive Testing Question - I keep getting an error page

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/adaptive-testing-question-i-keep-getting-an-error-page/138611>\
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**Created:** [August 26, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/adaptive-testing-question-i-keep-getting-an-error-page/138611 "2025-08-26T22:04:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![LNg47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@LNg47](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LNg47)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/adaptive-testing-question-i-keep-getting-an-error-page/138611/1 "2025-08-26T22:04:28Z")

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I’ve been using A/B tests to test headers/messaging, but I’d like to test multiple variations at once. With adaptive testing you can add 5 variations, but every time I try to set this up, I get this error message: There was an error creating your test. Please try again in a minute.

 ![154125iA895F6FB950EA811.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/9/692e48321a320216053b3b91994cc02ab1a2fc38.png)  
error message

I reviewed the knowledge base article for adaptive testing and noticed a note that said **all adaptive pages must include a form**.  
And technically, my page does, but the form is on the footer. Since this is a global element, does this not count as a form on the page, and is that why I am getting this error?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/adaptive-testing-question-i-keep-getting-an-error-page/138611/2 "2025-08-27T04:03:31Z")

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Hi @LNg47,

I haven’t tested this before but HubSpot might indeed expect a dedicated form module outside of a global element for this test setup to work – you could confirm with HubSpot support.

Alternatively, clone your assets, place a form into the page body (outside of the footer) and see if the test goes through – if it does, that would also answer the question.

Best regards!

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**Author:** ![LNg47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@LNg47](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LNg47)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/adaptive-testing-question-i-keep-getting-an-error-page/138611/3 "2025-08-27T17:25:30Z")

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Thanks, I cloned the page and did a quick test. It does appear the form has to belong to the main content area of the page. Thanks again.