> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.liquidramp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rate Limits

> How to handle 429 responses.

If a request is throttled, the API returns HTTP `429`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": false,
  "code": "E_RATE_LIMITED",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded. Please retry later.",
  "data": {
    "retry_after_seconds": 2
  }
}
```

## Client handling

1. Read `Retry-After` or `data.retry_after_seconds` when present
2. Back off exponentially; do not tight-loop
3. Do not retry `422` validation errors

## Related

* [Retries](/concepts/retries)