api rate_limit_error ai_generated true

429 Too Many Requests

ID: api/rate-limit-per-endpoint

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85%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
any active

Root Cause

Request rate limit exceeded.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 92% success Implement exponential backoff respecting Retry-After header
  2. 88% success Add request queuing and rate limiting on client side

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Retry immediately without backoff 85% fail

    Extends rate limit window

  2. Use multiple API keys to bypass limits 88% fail

    Violates ToS, account ban risk