# PaymentMethodRequired

> New work requires a verified card, including work funded by promotional credit. Adding a card does not charge it.

Source: https://nodus-platform-site.pages.dev/docs/reference/errors/payment-method-required/
Build revision: 211ad9f836655b1c3a2668c4693e442471f28614

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**HTTP status:** 402 · **Retryable:** no

New work requires a verified card, including work funded by promotional credit. Adding a card does not charge it.

## Message

```text
add a valid payment method before starting work
```

## What to do

open Billing and choose Add a card, or run `nodus billing portal --setup`; if you just added it, wait for verification and retry

## On the wire

The response is a Kubernetes `Status` with `reason: PaymentMethodRequired` and `code: 402`, plus `fix`, `docs` (this page) and `requestId`. `details.causes` lists the fields involved, when there are any. The CLI prints the fix and the request id; the Python SDK raises `nodus.errors.PaymentMethodRequired`.