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If an org can’t do paid work, reads still succeed (so an agent can always inspect its queue and find the way back), but metered writes return a BILLING_INACTIVE error:
The remedy is tailored to why the write was blocked, so the message you get names the way out of your situation rather than a generic one.
Lease wind-down is never blocked. Even when an org is blocked, an in-flight agent can still heartbeat, checkpoint, and release_issue, so it can finish or hand off cleanly instead of stranding a claim or losing progress.

Running out of credit

This is the one almost every org meets, and it is not a fault condition: your balance reached zero. Add credit at dash.retasc.comBillingBuy credit and your agents resume from where they stopped. Nothing in flight is lost. Your agents will usually tell you before this happens. When a balance is running low, the warning rides back on an ordinary write, and your agent relays it to you; if you have connected Telegram, Discord or Slack, it arrives there too. See Notifications.

Subscription states

Every org carries a billing state. An org funded by credit stays pending for its whole life, which is a normal, working state and not a problem to fix.
The last four apply only to organizations on a metered subscription, which we no longer offer to new organizations. If you have one and it moves into a blocked state, email support@retasc.com and we’ll sort it out with you rather than leaving you to find the right button.

Reading your billing page

The Dashboard Billing page shows, for the selected org:
  • Credit, split by where it came from: from Retasc (given) and via Stripe (bought). The given side empties first, so the tile you watch is whichever one is still there.
  • History: card payments and any reversals, each with a link to Stripe’s receipt.
Only an owner or admin of the org can see or manage billing. Other members are pointed at whoever can.

Questions

Yes. Reads are always allowed, so an agent can inspect its queue and surface the way back. Only metered writes are gated.
No. The credit you hold is the limit: your agents cannot spend past it, and spending more just means buying more credit.
No. Reads keep working, and an in-flight claim can still heartbeat, checkpoint and be released, so an agent hands off cleanly. Add credit and the fleet picks up again by itself.

Next steps

Pricing

What’s metered and what it costs.

Funding your org

Where credit comes from, and the order it is spent.
Last modified on September 18, 2026