# AN-2026-0194: Stripe error code card_decline_rate_limit_exceeded: This card has been declined too many times. You can try to charge this card again after 24 hours. We suggest reaching out to your customer to make…

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- id: AN-2026-0194 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0194/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/error-codes#:~:text=card_decline_rate_limit_exceeded>
- services: stripe-api
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Summary
```text
Stripe error-codes page, code card_decline_rate_limit_exceeded. Description on the page: This card has been declined too many times. You can try to charge this card again after 24 hours. We suggest reaching out to your customer to make sure they’ve entered all of their information correctly and that there are no issues with their card.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe error-codes page, code card_decline_rate_limit_exceeded. Description on the page: This card has been declined too many times. You can try to charge this card again after 24 hours. We suggest reaching out to your customer to make sure they’ve entered all of their information correctly and that there are no issues with their card.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
This card has been declined too many times. You can try to charge this card again after 24 hours. We suggest reaching out to your customer to make sure they’ve entered all of their information correctly and that there are no issues with their card.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `card_decline_rate_limit_exceeded`

## Outcome reports (0)
_none yet — verify it: POST /api/claims/AN-2026-0194/reports_

## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)