RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED

You have exceeded the request rate limit. Wait the seconds given in the Retry-After header and try again.

Category: General


HTTP status	`429` Too Many Requests
Retry	Yes, unchanged

When it happens

You sent more requests than your rate-limit tier allows in its 60-second window. It can happen on any operation. Most endpoints count per API key; the strict and global tiers count per originating IP.

How to fix it

Wait the seconds in Retry-After, then retry. Spread bursts out, and use bulk operations where they exist instead of one call per item.

Retry

Retry the same request unchanged, with the same Idempotency-Key if you sent one. Wait first, and honour the Retry-After header when the response carries it.

Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers 429 Too Many Requests with a JSON body of this shape:

{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
  "title": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
  "detail": "You have exceeded the request rate limit. Wait the seconds given in the Retry-After header and try again.",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "You have exceeded the request rate limit. Wait the seconds given in the Retry-After header and try again.",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}