Lesson 1969 of 2116
Handling Provider Rate Limits Without Hurting Users
Plan for 429s with queueing, backoff, and graceful degradation.
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- 1The premise
- 2rate-limit
- 3backoff
- 4degradation
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Section 1
The premise
Provider rate limits are a fact of life. The interesting design choice is what your app does when it hits one.
What AI does well here
- Retry with exponential backoff on 429s.
- Surface a clear 'try again' state to users.
What AI cannot do
- Avoid being rate-limited under bursty real traffic.
- Negotiate higher limits without your provider account.
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