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Understand how applications send instructions to models and handle production API behavior.

HTTP 429

HTTP 429 means the caller is sending too many requests or exceeding a limit.

Think of it like

Think of HTTP 429 like a restaurant or service desk: the request must reach the right endpoint in the right format and the response must be handled safely.

Real life

Web applications use concepts such as HTTP 429 to communicate with external services.

SRE lens

Treat 429 as a capacity/rate-limit signal and back off.

Remember thisHTTP 429 means the caller is sending too many requests or exceeding a limit.

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