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Aggregate Liability Cap at Twelve Months Fees

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The cap limits the maximum financial exposure either party can face regardless of the severity or number of claims, which in practice limits the Customer's potential recovery against LangChain to one year of fees paid.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after '12) MONTHS'; any further conditions, exceptions, or carve-outs that may follow are not visible and therefore not reflected in the claim.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium May 22, 2026

The updated terms introduce a new deployment architecture option (BYOC) alongside existing Cloud and Hybrid options, giving customers more control over infrastructure placement. LangChain's explicit commitment to not use customer data for large language model training now has clear written language in the Terms, whereas the prior version only referenced 'products' generically. However, the expanded non-warranty clause now states the platform is not warranted to be 'accurate' or 'complete,' which broadens the disclaimers of liability. Customers should review which deployment option aligns with their infrastructure and compliance requirements.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If LangChain causes you harm, you can recover no more than what you paid LangChain in the prior twelve months, no matter how large your actual loss.

How other platforms handle this

ActiveCampaign Medium

If you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Services is infringing, you may be liable to ActiveCampaign for certain costs and damages.

Leonardo AI Medium

A party's liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the actions (or inactions) of the other party...

Netflix Medium

The Netflix service and/or some of the Netflix content may not be available at any time as a result of events beyond our reasonable control...we will not be held liable should such events occur.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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EACH PARTY'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE FEES PAID OR PAYABLE TO LANGCHAIN UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS...

— Excerpt from LangChain's LangChain Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU

Provision details

Document information
Document
LangChain Terms of Service
Entity
LangChain
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-063661
Document ID
CA-D-00804
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
746536421de2b228192ab3641f2d2338717f2e08809c05631b58e42d4efcf096
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:53 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: LangChain
Document: LangChain Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-063661
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:53:59 UTC
SHA-256: 746536421de2b228…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/langchain/langchain-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-063661/aggregate-liability-cap-at-twelve-months-fees/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does LangChain's Aggregate Liability Cap at Twelve Months Fees clause do?

The cap limits the maximum financial exposure either party can face regardless of the severity or number of claims, which in practice limits the Customer's potential recovery against LangChain to one year of fees paid.

How does this clause affect you?

If LangChain causes you harm, you can recover no more than what you paid LangChain in the prior twelve months, no matter how large your actual loss.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 289 platforms. See the full comparison.

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