diff --git a/handlers/meta/handlers.go b/handlers/meta/handlers.go
index baa9bc88..8ea413d9 100644
--- a/handlers/meta/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers/meta/handlers.go
@@ -1090,6 +1090,10 @@ func (h *handler) requestWAC(payload whatsapp.SendRequest, accessToken string, r
 		return courier.ErrResponseUnparseable
 	}
 
+	if respPayload.Error.Code == 131056 {
+		return courier.ErrConnectionThrottled
+	}
+
 	if respPayload.Error.Code != 0 {
 		return courier.ErrFailedWithReason(strconv.Itoa(respPayload.Error.Code), respPayload.Error.Message)
 	}
diff --git a/handlers/meta/whataspp_test.go b/handlers/meta/whataspp_test.go
index 6484e0f4..24bac9b3 100644
--- a/handlers/meta/whataspp_test.go
+++ b/handlers/meta/whataspp_test.go
@@ -678,6 +678,17 @@ var whatsappOutgoingTests = []OutgoingTestCase{
 		},
 		ExpectedError: courier.ErrResponseUnparseable,
 	},
+	{
+		Label:   "Error Channel Contact Pair limit hit",
+		MsgText: "Pair limit",
+		MsgURN:  "whatsapp:250788123123",
+		MockResponses: map[string][]*httpx.MockResponse{
+			"*/12345_ID/messages": {
+				httpx.NewMockResponse(403, nil, []byte(`{ "error": {"message": "(#131056) (Business Account, Consumer Account) pair rate limit hit","code": 131056 }}`)),
+			},
+		},
+		ExpectedError: courier.ErrConnectionThrottled,
+	},
 	{
 		Label:   "Error",
 		MsgText: "Error",