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SIGNER_FENCED

The signer fenced itself and refuses to sign.

HTTP status503
GroupRelay path
RetryableYes — the same request may be sent again
Re-signSAME_BYTES — resend the transaction you already have, byte for byte

What happened​

A signer that cannot prove it is not partitioned from its peers stops signing. That is the design: at-most-once beats availability.

What to do​

Retry with the same bytes; another host takes over.

The problem document​

Every error is application/problem+json (RFC 9457) with the same shape:

{
"type": "https://docs.co-relayer.com/errors/signer-fenced",
"title": "The signer fenced itself and refuses to sign.",
"status": 503,
"detail": "A sentence about this specific occurrence.",
"instance": "req_01JB…",
"code": "SIGNER_FENCED",
"retryable": true,
"resign": "SAME_BYTES",
"hint": "Retry with the same bytes; another host takes over."
}

See the error model for what each member means and how to handle unknown codes.