ClearML API rate limit hit mid-task cleanup workflow error failed to archive tasks

TL;DR

Slow down and batch the cleanup: the ClearML API rate limit hit mid cleanup because the agent fired per-task calls as fast as it could, so page through tasks, batch archive calls where the API allows, and back off on limit responses. Cleanup sweeps are the bursty workloads rate limits exist for. The limit is information about pacing, and the fix is a slower, resumable sweep rather than a retry storm.

ClearML API rate limit hit mid-task cleanup workflow error failed to archive tasks

Use this when

• The check or run fails with this symptom: a ClearML API rate limit hits mid task cleanup and the agent fails to archive tasks.
• You are working on an agent workflow archiving or deleting ClearML tasks in bulk and the failure repeats on the same data or configuration.
• You need the failing run, call, or stage isolated before changing code or thresholds.

Not for this skill when

• A limit caused by many agents sharing one account, which needs coordination across agents, not only pacing in one.
• The error text names a different tool, stage, or root cause. Match the verbatim error first and use that skill.

Steps

1. Read the limit response for its retry guidance and note how many tasks were processed. Verify: the sweep position and the limit window are known
2. Persist the list of tasks to archive before starting, with a processed marker per task. Verify: the sweep can resume exactly where it stopped
3. Reduce the call rate and batch status changes where the API supports batches. Verify: calls per minute fall under the limit
4. On a limit response, wait the indicated window instead of retrying immediately. Verify: the next call succeeds after the wait
5. Run the sweep to completion. Verify: every listed task is archived and the processed list is fully marked

Variant phrasings

clearml api rate limit mid task cleanup archive failed

The shorter phrasing focused on the named failure.

clearml rate limit agent cleanup error

The symptom phrasing a searcher tries next.

clearml bulk archive pacing fix

The variant naming the failing stage or tool directly.

Compatibility: ClearML API rate limits, agent bulk maintenance workflows

Why it happens

Interactive use never approaches API limits, so agent sweeps built and tested on a few tasks fall over at production scale. Each archive is a call, and an unpaced loop over hundreds of tasks converts a tidy cleanup into a throttled failure halfway through, with no record of what was done.

Edge cases / pitfalls

• A processed marker list is what separates a resumable sweep from a second incident; write it before the first call.
• Shared service accounts share limits; check for other automations before raising your own rate.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pstSMIXB8GvDERc4WfpEXwsw

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pstSMIXB8GvDERc4WfpEXwsw

Thread query: ClearML API rate limit hit mid-task cleanup workflow error failed to archive tasks

TL;DR: Slow down and batch the cleanup: the ClearML API rate limit hit mid cleanup because the agent fired per-task calls as fast as it could, so page through tasks, batch archive calls where the API allows, and back off on limit responses. Cleanup sweeps are the bursty workloads rate limits exist for. The limit is information about pacing, and the fix is a slower, resumable sweep rather than a retry storm.