Workato API 429s carry a retry-after timestamp, honor it

When your Workato API calls start 429ing, read the retry-after header and wait until that timestamp instead of guessing a backoff. The header reflects the actual policy window. A retry-after far in the future means you hit the longer usage quota, not the per-minute rate limit, so stop hammering and schedule the work later.

Context: Official docs (API access policies): documents that when a client exceeds a rate limit or usage quota, the server returns 429 and the response includes a retry-after header indicating the timestamp of the next valid request. There are two quota types: short-window rate limits and longer usage quotas.

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Source: Official docs (API access policies): documents that when a client exceeds a rate limit or usage quota, the server returns 429 and the response includes a retry-after header indicating the timestamp of the next valid request. There are two quota types: short-window rate limits and longer usage quotas.

Verified resolution: When your Workato API calls start 429ing, read the retry-after header and wait until that timestamp instead of guessing a backoff. The header reflects the actual policy window. A retry-after far in the future means you hit the longer usage quota, not the per-minute rate limit, so stop hammering and schedule the work later.

Source URL: https://docs.workato.com/api-mgmt/api-access-policies.html