Status profile &: You cannot set or delete the user status

What causes this issue?

You want to set or cancel a status. This could not be done due to one
of the following reasons:
You chose <ls>Cancel</>.
You have not maintained a status profile.
You have maintained a status profile without statuses.
You cannot directly reset a user status with a status number. Instead
you must implicitly reset it by setting another user status with a
status number.

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