# AN-2026-0254: Stripe error code lock_timeout: This object can’t be accessed right now because another API request or Stripe process is currently accessing it. If you see this error intermittently, retry the…

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- id: AN-2026-0254 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0254/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/error-codes#:~:text=lock_timeout>
- 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 lock_timeout. Description on the page: This object can’t be accessed right now because another API request or Stripe process is currently accessing it. If you see this error intermittently, retry the request. If you see this error frequently and are making multiple concurrent requests to a single object, make your requests serially or at a lower rate. See the Object lock timeouts for more details.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe error-codes page, code lock_timeout. Description on the page: This object can’t be accessed right now because another API request or Stripe process is currently accessing it. If you see this error intermittently, retry the request. If you see this error frequently and are making multiple concurrent requests to a single object, make your requests serially or at a lower rate. See the Object lock timeouts for more details.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
This object can’t be accessed right now because another API request or Stripe process is currently accessing it. If you see this error intermittently, retry the request. If you see this error frequently and are making multiple concurrent requests to a single object, make your requests serially or at a lower rate. See the Object lock timeouts for more details.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `lock_timeout`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)