# TerminatedInConstructor (/docs/errors/chain/TerminatedInConstructor)

The contract called `seal_terminate` inside its constructor, self-destructing during instantiation, which is forbidden. Inspect the constructor logic; termination is only allowed in regular message calls.

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

## Remediation [#remediation]

A chain-side invariant failed; nothing to fix client-side — report it if it persists

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