# SubnetBuybackRateLimitExceeded (/docs/errors/chain/SubnetBuybackRateLimitExceeded)

A subnet buyback operation (staking TAO and immediately burning the acquired alpha, e.g. via `add_stake_burn`) was repeated within its rate-limit window. Wait for the window to pass before retrying the buyback.

Declared by the `SubtensorModule` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`rate_limited`](/docs/errors/rate-limited).

## Remediation [#remediation]

Wait for the rate-limit window to pass, then retry

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