# GenerationExhausted (/docs/errors/chain/GenerationExhausted)

The account has reached the maximum authorization sequence and cannot sign again. Do not wrap or reset the counter; further authorization requires a protocol upgrade.

Declared by the `HashedAccounts` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`limit_exceeded`](/docs/errors/limit-exceeded).

Declared at [`pallets/hashed-accounts/src/lib.rs#L273`](/code/pallets/hashed-accounts/src/lib.rs#L273).

## Remediation [#remediation]

A chain-side capacity limit was hit; reduce the size or count of the request

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