# TooManyHolds (/docs/errors/chain/TooManyHolds)

The account already carries the maximum number of balance holds, one per hold reason variant. Check the account's `Holds` entry; an existing hold must be released before a new reason can place another.

Declared by the `Balances` 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 TooManyHolds`.