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HTTP status explainer

What a status code means, what usually causes it, and what to do next.

HTTP Status Explainer
429 Too Many Requests
Output⁦526⁩ chars
Status code
429
Name
Too Many Requests
Family
4xx
Retryable
yes, with backoff
429  Too Many Requests

Too many requests — slow down and try again later.

Family      4xx — Client error
Retryable   yes, with backoff
Cacheable   usually not

For ⁨An API client⁩:
  Fix the request before retrying — except 408, 425 and 429, a retry fails the same way.

The ⁨4⁩xx family:
  400  Bad Request
  401  Unauthorized
  403  Forbidden
  404  Not Found
  405  Method Not Allowed
  409  Conflict
  410  Gone
  413  Payload Too Large
  415  Unsupported Media Type
  422  Unprocessable Content
  429  Too Many Requests
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