# `key_spend_cap_exceeded`

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The call would pass the API Key's monthly Credit cap.

## Status

HTTP `402`, title `Key spend cap exceeded`. One of the [money](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors#money) errors. Branch on `code`, never on the status or the prose.

Retryable: no. Every body carries this as `retryable: false`, beside `action` and `remedy`: the same request will fail again until the request changes or a person acts.

## Common causes

- `spent_credits` + `reserved_credits` (Runs in flight) + `estimate_credits` exceed `cap_credits`.

## What to do

Action: Wait until `resets_at`, or ask the Customer to raise the cap.

Nothing ran. Wait for `resets_at` or raise the cap.

## Example

The body arrives as `application/problem+json`, with `retryable` and the `remedy` above. Most responses add `detail` about the occurrence, and some add fields of their own.

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors/key_spend_cap_exceeded",
  "title": "Key spend cap exceeded",
  "status": 402,
  "code": "key_spend_cap_exceeded",
  "retryable": false,
  "action": "Wait until `resets_at`, or ask the Customer to raise the cap.",
  "remedy": "Nothing ran. Wait for `resets_at` or raise the cap."
}
```

## Related

- [Authentication and limits](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/concepts/authentication-and-limits)
- [Every error code](https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors)

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