# AuthenticationKindConflict (/docs/errors/chain/AuthenticationKindConflict)

The account already has a different permanent authorization kind. Direct and derived authorities cannot replace one another; check the registered account and descriptor.

Declared by the `HashedAccounts` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`policy_violation`](/docs/errors/policy-violation).

Declared at [`pallets/hashed-accounts/src/lib.rs#L279`](/code/pallets/hashed-accounts/src/lib.rs#L279).

## Remediation [#remediation]

The action exceeds a configured safety policy

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain AuthenticationKindConflict`.