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# Understand plan allowances and usage

Read Podigee plan limits, current usage, remaining capacity, and reset dates correctly.

Podigee reports plan capacity by allowance family so an agent can check the relevant ceiling before it starts work.

## Allowance fields

| Field               | Meaning                                                                     |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `limit`             | The effective ceiling for the current period when the allowance is bounded. |
| `used`              | The amount already consumed.                                                |
| `remaining`         | Capacity available before the ceiling is reached.                           |
| `unlimited`         | Whether this allowance has no numeric ceiling.                              |
| `status`            | The current entitlement status, or `unavailable` when it could not be read. |
| `period_reset_date` | The next reset date for a bounded period, when available.                   |

The health check reports episode publishes, monthly storage, encoding, downloads, audience size, AI credits, social clips, team seats, and video allowance.

## How to make a decision

1. Find the allowance that governs the intended workflow.
2. Check `unlimited` before you interpret a missing `limit`.
3. Compare `remaining` with the amount of planned work.
4. Review the reset date when the allowance is period-based.
5. Reduce or split a batch when it would exceed the available amount.
6. Treat `unavailable` as unknown capacity, not as permission to continue.

## Plan failures

A plan or subscription block is normally not retryable. Repeating the same operation does not add capacity. Wait for the applicable reset, change the workflow, or use `/upgrade` to review current Podigee plans.

Podcast licenses can also block specific podcast IDs when the account is over its allowed count. Select an eligible podcast or resolve the license limit before you continue.

## Related task

[Run a Podigee connection health check](/documentation/start-here/ai-agents/check-your-account-and-readiness/run-a-podigee-connection-health-check.md).


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