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Handling an HTTP 429 response
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Handling an HTTP 429 response
Your call to an LLM API returns HTTP 429. What is the right response?
Choose one answer
A.
Retry immediately in a tight loop until it works
B.
Treat it as a bad prompt and change the wording
C.
Wait (respect any Retry-After header) and retry with backoff
D.
Switch the API key to a random one from the team
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