# policy_violation (/docs/errors/policy-violation) The action was blocked locally by a configured safety policy before reaching the chain. Policies cap what a session is allowed to do (spend limits, allowed operations). this is a deliberate guardrail: if the action is intended, raise or remove the relevant policy limit in your configuration and rerun. ## Remediation [#remediation] The action exceeds a configured safety policy ## Chain errors [#chain-errors] No chain error classifies to this code — it is raised client-side by the SDK before or after the call reaches the chain. The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain policy_violation` (or `btcli explain ` for one exact chain error).