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HTTP status: 409 · Title: “Spending limit exceeded”

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When it fires

The trade would exceed one of the API key’s spending caps:
  • per_trade_limit_usdc — single-trade maximum
  • daily_spend_limit_usdc — rolling 24-hour cumulative maximum across all trades
The detail field specifies which cap fired and by how much.

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Why it happens

  • A bot iteration that computed a larger order than expected (e.g., signal scaling factor was off).
  • Cumulative drift over a busy day finally pushed a moderate trade over the daily cap.
  • The cap was lowered (by you or an admin) since you last designed your sizing logic.

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How to fix

  • Inspect your key’s caps in Settings → API Keys → Edit.
  • For per-trade overruns: split the trade into smaller chunks under the cap.
  • For daily overruns: wait for the rolling window to clear, or upgrade your tier (see “How to raise the cap” below).
  • Programmatically: every key’s caps are returned in the issuance response — cache them so your client knows the headroom.

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How to raise the cap

The cap is set by your API key’s tier. See Rate limits for the full tier matrix and rationale, then:
  • free → developer (10× headroom — 1k→1k → 10k daily, 500→500 → 2.5k per-trade): email support@kash.bot for early access. Self-serve upgrades are planned.
  • developer → enterprise (100kdaily,100k daily, 25k per-trade, custom rate limit): contact sales — pricing is contractual.
  • MM-tier counterparty terms (1Mdaily,1M daily, 50k per-trade): contact partnerships — KYB and ToS attestation required; this is a relationship, not a price tier.
The caps are not punitive — they exist for blast-radius and AMM-stability reasons. When you outgrow your tier, the cap is the signal to upgrade, not a problem to work around.