# MaxDelegateDependenciesReached (/docs/errors/chain/MaxDelegateDependenciesReached)

`lock_delegate_dependency` failed because the contract already holds the maximum number of delegate dependencies allowed by the runtime. Check the `MaxDelegateDependencies` config value and unlock unused dependencies first.

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

## 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 MaxDelegateDependenciesReached`.