# X_DOC_COMMAND_PIN_EXCEEDED

## Means

a page holds more unresolved `x` citations than its pin

## Typical cause

the two directions used to share one message whose fix said to set the pin to the found count — a ratchet printing the instruction for raising itself, in a file whose own comment says it may only come down

## Fix

`x help --json   # then correct the citations that name no invocation it lists`

[CLI and verify](/error-codes#cli-and-verify)