diff --git a/handlers/meta/handlers.go b/handlers/meta/handlers.go
index 3c551471..9bc34e46 100644
--- a/handlers/meta/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers/meta/handlers.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ var (
 		"account":  "ACCOUNT_UPDATE",
 		"agent":    "HUMAN_AGENT",
 	}
+
+	wacThrottlingErrorCodes = []int{4, 80007, 130429, 131048, 131056, 133016}
 )
 
 // keys for extra in channel events
@@ -1090,6 +1093,10 @@ func (h *handler) requestWAC(payload whatsapp.SendRequest, accessToken string, r
 		return courier.ErrResponseUnparseable
 	}
 
+	if slices.Contains(wacThrottlingErrorCodes, respPayload.Error.Code) {
+		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 c2939383..23a9a664 100644
--- a/handlers/meta/whataspp_test.go
+++ b/handlers/meta/whataspp_test.go
@@ -696,6 +696,17 @@ 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 Throttled",
 		MsgText: "Error",
@@ -705,7 +716,7 @@ var whatsappOutgoingTests = []OutgoingTestCase{
 				httpx.NewMockResponse(403, nil, []byte(`{ "error": {"message": "(#130429) Rate limit hit","code": 130429 }}`)),
 			},
 		},
-		ExpectedError: courier.ErrFailedWithReason("130429", "(#130429) Rate limit hit"),
+		ExpectedError: courier.ErrConnectionThrottled,
 	},
 	{
 		Label:   "Error",