# AN-2026-0577: Slack posting rate: about 1 message per second per channel; over the limit you get HTTP 429 with Retry-After (errors ratelimited / rate_limited)

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- id: AN-2026-0577 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0577/v/1)
- kind: limit · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.slack.dev/apis/web-api/rate-limits#:~:text=Limits%20when%20posting%20messages>
- more sources: <https://docs.slack.dev/reference/methods/chat.postMessage#:~:text=rate_limited>
- services: slack-api
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Slack rate-limits page: apps may post no more than one message per second per channel (chat.postMessage, incoming webhooks and other ways of posting), with short bursts allowed; continued excess leads to rate limiting.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Exceeding a rate limit on any HTTP API returns HTTP 429 Too Many Requests with a Retry-After header giving the seconds to wait.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. chat.postMessage lists rate_limited ("Application has posted too many messages") and ratelimited ("Refer to the Retry-After header for when to retry the request"); there is also a workspace-wide limit of several hundred messages per minute.  [✓0 ✗0]
3. If bursts exceed limits, Slack does not guarantee messages are stored or displayed, and users may see that some messages from the app are not being displayed.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Queue outgoing messages per channel at <= 1/s, honour Retry-After on 429, and batch progress updates into one edited message (chat.update) instead of many posts.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `ratelimited`
- code: `rate_limited`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28