pptp client error: "could not create interface"

RouterOS General
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ROS 3.23, RB433
I’m trying to create a pptp tunnel which is originated from this router and terminates
on another ROS 3.23 across the Internet.

I have done this successfully many times with what I believe is the same configuration. When I enable the pptp client, the log file (on the client side) shows the following:

20:13:17 pptp,ppp,info pptp-out1: terminating… - could not create interface

Here is my pptp client configuration:

] /interface pptp-client> print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0 X  name="pptp-out1" max-mtu=1460 max-mru=1460 mrru=disabled 
      connect-to=vv.xx.yy.zz user="admin" password="mypassword" 
      profile=default-encryption add-default-route=no dial-on-demand=no 
      allow=pap,chap,mschap1,mschap2

As I said, this works fine when originated from my other Mikrotik nodes, some of which are running 3.23.

Any ideas of where to look for problems? I’ve never seen this error in the log before.

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turn on ppp and debug topics under system logging and try again. maybe it cannot negotiate encryption, or there is no ip address being assigned, or the license doesnt allow it.