Make Airtable 429 "Rate limit exceeded": per-second limit or monthly API calls?

Description and use

<p><strong>Short answer:</strong> An Airtable <code>429</code> in Make means Airtable refused the call, not Make. There are two different 429s: the <strong>per-second</strong> limit (5 requests per second per base; Airtable then wants a 30-second wait) and the <strong>monthly API call limit</strong> of your Airtable plan (it lasts until the next month). Find out which one you hit first, because only the first one goes away with Sleep modules and retries.</p> <p>Everything below works on Make's Free plan. We did not reproduce a 429 in our own Make account for this guide; the error texts come fr

Problem

<p><strong>Short answer:</strong> An Airtable <code>429</code> in Make means Airtable refused the call, not Make. There are two different 429s: the <strong>per-second</strong> limit (5 requests per second per base; Airtable then wants a 30-second wait) and the <strong>monthly API call limit</strong> of your Airtable plan (it lasts until the next month). Find out which one you hit first, because only the first one goes away with Sleep modules and retries.</p> <p>Everything below works on Make's Free plan. We did not reproduce a 429 in our own Make account for this guide; the error texts come fr

Outcome

<p><strong>Short answer:</strong> An Airtable <code>429</code> in Make means Airtable refused the call, not Make. There are two different 429s: the <strong>per-second</strong> limit (5 requests per second per base; Airtable then wants a 30-second wait) and the <strong>monthly API call limit</strong> of your Airtable plan (it lasts until the next month). Find out which one you hit first, because only the first one goes away with Sleep modules and retries.</p> <p>Everything below works on Make's Free plan. We did not reproduce a 429 in our own Make account for this guide; the error texts come fr

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Make Airtable 429 "Rate limit exceeded": per-second limit or monthly API calls?

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