Mercado Pago · status_detail

What cc_amount_rate_limit_exceeded means in Mercado Pago

Payment status: rejected

Short answer

The payment was rejected because it exceeded the payment method's limit, called CAP (Capacidad Máxima Permitida, the maximum allowed capacity).

If you are the buyer

Pay with another payment method.

If you are the seller

Offer another payment method. The documentation does not say how to raise the limit.

If you are the developer

General engineering advice (not from Mercado Pago's documentation): Repeating the same payment will probably be rejected again. Send the buyer back to the payment method selection.

Source

The meaning comes from the Mercado Pago developer documentation, verified on 2026-11-04. Buyer and seller steps follow from it; developer notes are general engineering practice, not Mercado Pago documentation.

Payment creation results (Mercado Pago)