Why does Federal rejection cause State rejection?

If the federal doesn't clear, the state processing is killed off no matter what the reason is for the federal.

I'm glad you have had more luck than me as far as rejections.  There were some bugs early on the caused some issues with my early MN returns.  I've had a couple of those returns like yours that people jumped into the Marketplace and didn't think the 1095A was important for taxes.  I have also had three returns bounced because of IP PIN issues.  Plus my token Iowa return got kicked back because ProSeries put them in limbo.  And of course there is always one return that bounces because the other parent wasn't supposed to claim a kid, but they did anyway.  And I'm sure I had at least a couple of others bounce for miscellaneous reasons.

@IRonMaN👍 thanks for that information. I'm sure you do a lot more returns than me and that is why you have a few more rejections. I don't do that many returns, but it seems like every return almost that I do takes a lot of time. Might be time for early retirement. @TiredFarmer 👍thanks for that information. That's what I'm going to do, I'm going to wait to get the form and then Re efile both the federal and the state.

PA is a semi piggyback state, meaning you can file it alone but it wont be processed until a federal return is filed as well...so it makes sense for PS to bounce them both back when the fed is rejected.

https://accountants.intuit.com/support/en-us/help-article/electronic-filing/state-e-file-methods-standalone-vs-piggyback/L11dxp3xr_US_en_US

PiggyBack/State-only return:

The state return can be processed independently of the federal return. It's a common misconception that these returns aren't sent to the IRS—they are. However, the IRS sets aside these returns for processing by the states, in most cases, prior to acceptance of the federal return or the federal return being e-filed.