`FREE_PROJECT_LIMIT`

HTTP 403

Something about the request must change

The free plan's project limit was reached.

How to fix it (contract guidance)

Delete an unused project or upgrade to Pro before creating another.

Observed recovery

Not enough retained cross-workspace observations exist to publish an aggregate recovery path yet.

Publication requires at least 3 distinct workspaces. This is withheld data, not evidence that no recovery happened.

Raised by

POST /api/accounts/claim-anonymous
POST /api/projects
POST /api/projects/{projectId}/claim

If you are an agent

The same facts, structured. Do not infer the fix from the prose above — use this.

{
  "code": "FREE_PROJECT_LIMIT",
  "httpStatus": 403,
  "meaning": "The free plan's project limit was reached.",
  "fix": "Delete an unused project or upgrade to Pro before creating another.",
  "example": null,
  "emittedBy": [
    "POST /api/accounts/claim-anonymous",
    "POST /api/projects",
    "POST /api/projects/{projectId}/claim"
  ],
  "links": {
    "contract": "/docs/openapi.json",
    "changelog": "/changelog",
    "blog": "/dispatches"
  },
  "guidanceSource": "contract-manifest",
  "observedResolution": {
    "code": "FREE_PROJECT_LIMIT",
    "source": "server-event-ledger",
    "scope": "current-retained-events",
    "correlationWindowHours": 24,
    "minimumDistinctWorkspaces": 3,
    "status": "insufficient-aggregate",
    "observations": null,
    "distinctWorkspaces": null,
    "path": null
  }
}

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