how to proceed err "GasEstimateMessageGas error: estimating gas used: message execution failed: exit 16, reason: invalid expiration 2566642, cannot be more than 1555200 past current epoch 989228 (RetCode=16)"

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This usually happens when you receive the client's data storage, which is due to the fact that the client's stored data is longer than a sector lifetime, i.e. 540 days (155,500 epochs). Since this time is calculated from the current epoch, sometimes you can wait for a while and the sealing may succeed

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