topic 429 in Spotify for Developers https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/429/m-p/7310549#M19728 <P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Plan</STRONG></P><P>Free/Premium</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>(Mac M4 2025)</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>(Mac os)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><P><SPAN>I’m using the Spotify Web API in my app. Everything was working perfectly yesterday, no code changes were made.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Suddenly I started getting 429 Too Many Requests responses, and now every single endpoint returns 429, even very simple ones like /me or /search?limit=1.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Timeline:</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><UL><LI><SPAN>Yesterday around 01:00 AM — API was already returning 429</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Today at 09:00 AM — tried again, still 429</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Since then, I stopped sending requests</SPAN></LI></UL><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Questions:</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><OL><LI><SPAN>Is the rate limit reset counted from the moment of the first 429, or from the last request made?</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Can retrying during the cooldown extend the block?</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Is it possible for this throttling to last 12–24 hours for heavy endpoints like recommendations or artists/top-tracks?</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Is there any risk this is a long-term block on IP or client_id, or should it always recover automatically?</SPAN></LI></OL><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:15:37 GMT l1ke_a_l1ght 2026-01-20T09:15:37Z 429 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/429/m-p/7310549#M19728 <P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Plan</STRONG></P><P>Free/Premium</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>(Mac M4 2025)</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>(Mac os)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><P><SPAN>I’m using the Spotify Web API in my app. Everything was working perfectly yesterday, no code changes were made.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Suddenly I started getting 429 Too Many Requests responses, and now every single endpoint returns 429, even very simple ones like /me or /search?limit=1.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Timeline:</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><UL><LI><SPAN>Yesterday around 01:00 AM — API was already returning 429</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Today at 09:00 AM — tried again, still 429</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Since then, I stopped sending requests</SPAN></LI></UL><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Questions:</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><OL><LI><SPAN>Is the rate limit reset counted from the moment of the first 429, or from the last request made?</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Can retrying during the cooldown extend the block?</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Is it possible for this throttling to last 12–24 hours for heavy endpoints like recommendations or artists/top-tracks?</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Is there any risk this is a long-term block on IP or client_id, or should it always recover automatically?</SPAN></LI></OL><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:15:37 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/429/m-p/7310549#M19728 l1ke_a_l1ght 2026-01-20T09:15:37Z