## TL;DR

Limits apply at the organization level and free tier is much lower than paid. When you exceed rate limits the API returns 429 Too Many Requests.

## Fix

1. Limits apply at the organization level and free tier is much lower than paid.
   Expected: You get the expected result; the problem is gone.

## When to use

- You are setting up or using this Groq 429 rate limit feature.
- The symptom matches: read the retry-after header and back off both RPM and TPM.

## When NOT to use

- Unrelated Groq 429 rate limit issues (different feature, different failure).
- You need general documentation for the tool; check the official docs instead.

## Compatibility

Reported against Groq 429 rate limit.

## Variant phrasings

### read the retry-after header and back off both RPM and TPM

## Why it happens

Groq enforces requests-per-minute and tokens-per-minute simultaneously. Hitting either returns 429.

## Edge cases

- If your error message differs even slightly, this is probably a different issue; search the exact text.
- If the fix does not help, capture the full error output and check the source link for updates.