The HTTP 429 - Too Many Requests is a response status code that indicates the client has sent too many requests to a server in a given amount of time.
Possible/Most common causes:
Request overload: When a client is trying to access a page on a website too often.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack: When a server detects a high volume of requests coming from a single source or a group of sources.
How to Fix a 429 Too Many Requests?
Implement retry logic - The application should wait for a specified amount of time and then retry sending the request.
Servers have limitations on the number of requests they can handle so reduce the requests to a server.
If feasible, increase the server capacity to handle more requests. This could involve scaling infrastructure.
Review and optimize the application usage of external APIs, especially when the APIs impose rate limits.
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