# AN-2026-0359: OpenAI SDK RateLimitError: You have hit your assigned rate limit or increased traffic too quickly.

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- id: AN-2026-0359 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0359/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/error-codes#:~:text=RateLimitError>
- services: openai-api
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## Summary
```text
OpenAI error codes page, Python library error type RateLimitError: Cause: You have hit your assigned rate limit or increased traffic too quickly. Solution: Pace your requests and follow Retry-After when it’s present, subject to your retry limits. Read more in our Rate limit guide.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. OpenAI error codes page, Python library error type RateLimitError: Cause: You have hit your assigned rate limit or increased traffic too quickly. Solution: Pace your requests and follow Retry-After when it’s present, subject to your retry limits. Read more in our Rate limit guide.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Pace your requests and follow Retry-After when it’s present, subject to your retry limits. Read more in our Rate limit guide.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `RateLimitError`

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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)