# CREDIT_NEEDED

**What it means.** This is paid from Uarpie credit, and the account has none left, so it was not started.

**What to do.** Nothing was charged. No code change will help. The owner tops up in the dashboard, under Billing: any amount from $5 to $1,000, and credit never expires. Then ask for it again.

- HTTP status: 402
- Retryable after applying the fix: no

Every failure from the CLI or an MCP tool has this shape:

```json
{
  "ok": false,
  "code": "CREDIT_NEEDED",
  "message": "This is paid from Uarpie credit, and the account has none left, so it was not started.",
  "fix": "Nothing was charged. No code change will help. The owner tops up in the dashboard, under Billing: any amount from $5 to $1,000, and credit never expires. Then ask for it again.",
  "file": "<where to edit, when known>",
  "retryable": false,
  "docs": "https://docs.uarpie.app/errors/CREDIT_NEEDED"
}
```

Apply `fix` (edit `file` when it is given), then run the same command again.