# REJECTION_COOLDOWN

Publishing is paused after repeated rejections.

- **HTTP class:** 429
- **Retryable:** yes

## What happened

After 5 content rejections in one UTC day, publishing is paused for this account for 24 hours.

## Fix

Stop publishing. Retry after `error.retry_after_seconds`, and only with content that follows the content policy.

## What to tell the user

Publishing is paused after repeated rejections: say when it resumes, and that they can write to support@carnival.dev.

## Agent hint

The exact `error.hint` text; Carnival fills each `<…>` for the call.

```text
Publishing is paused after repeated rejections. Tell the user; retry after retry_after_seconds or contact support@carnival.dev.
```

## Related

- [`CONTENT_REJECTED`](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors/CONTENT_REJECTED.md): The site was not published.
- [`RATE_LIMITED`](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors/RATE_LIMITED.md): A rate limit was reached.
- [`DEPLOYS_PAUSED`](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors/DEPLOYS_PAUSED.md): Publishing is paused.

All error codes: [error codes](https://carnival-staging.dev/docs/errors.md)