overloaded

This endpoint's queue is full; retry with backoff.

Response

Every failure uses this envelope. credits_charged is 0. The message below is the default text for this code. Live messages can change, so branch on error.code.

HTTP 503Sample
{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "overloaded",
    "message": "This endpoint's queue is full; retry with backoff.",
    "retryable": true
  },
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "request_id": "req_0123456789abcdef01234567"
}

This code sends retry-after: 2.

When it happens

  • This endpoint's queue is full.
  • A duplicate Idempotency-Key while the first attempt is still running is also this code, with the message a request with this Idempotency-Key is still running; retry shortly.

What to do

  • The response includes retry-after: 2. Wait, then retry. The attempt is free.

The response header x-request-id matches request_id. The full list is on errors.