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rate_limited

429 Too Many Requests   Too many requests - slow down.

When you get it

Too many requests - slow down. It is always answered with HTTP 429 - one code means one status, so a client may key its handling on either.

Fields it carries

Inside each errors[] entry, beside pointer:

limit

The cap this operation enforces.

window

The rate-limit window the limit applies to.

retryAfter

How long to wait before retrying, in seconds. Mirrors the Retry-After header.

A field is omitted when the server genuinely does not know it - an absent member is never the same as an empty one.

How to fix it

Slow down. Wait for the Retry-After / RateLimit-Reset the response carries, then retry - do not spin.

Shape

{
  "type":   "https://api2.host-tracker.com/problems/rate-limited",
  "title":  "Too many requests - slow down.",
  "status": 429,
  "code":   "rate_limited",
  "errors": [
    { "limit": …, "window": …, "retryAfter": … }
  ]
}