soda API rate limit hit mid-anomaly scan workflow failed

TL;DR

Treat the Soda API limit as a scan-scheduling problem: spread anomaly scans over time instead of firing them together, record which scans completed before the limit hit, and resume the remainder after the window resets. The agent should degrade to a partial, clearly labelled result rather than failing the whole anomaly workflow on a quota.

soda API rate limit hit mid-anomaly scan workflow failed

Use this when

• The check or run fails with this symptom: the anomaly scan workflow fails after the Soda API limits the agent.
• You are working on an agent anomaly scan hitting the Soda API limit mid-workflow and the failure repeats on the same data or configuration.
• You need the failing rows, rule, or stage isolated before changing thresholds or code.

Not for this skill when

• A warehouse connection failure during a Soda scan, which stops the scan for a different reason instead.
• The error text names a different tool, stage, or root cause. Match the verbatim error first and use that skill.

Steps

1. Capture the limit response details: the quota, the window, and how many scans had completed. Verify: the limit and the completion state are recorded
2. List the scans the workflow intended to run and mark the completed ones from stored results. Verify: completed and remaining scans are enumerated
3. Reschedule the remaining scans with spacing across the window instead of a single burst. Verify: remaining scans are scheduled with spacing
4. Add limit-aware retry that waits for the window rather than retrying immediately and deepening the limit. Verify: retry honours the window timing
5. Complete the remaining scans and merge their results with the earlier partial set, labelled with both timestamps. Verify: the merged anomaly result covers all scans

Variant phrasings

soda API rate limit mid anomaly scan agent

The verbatim Soda-limit phrasing.

agent anomaly scans pacing soda api quota resume

The scheduling phrasing for spread-out scans.

soda api limit partial anomaly results merge

The partial-results phrasing for labelled merges.

Compatibility: Soda API and scan calls from an agent running anomaly scans

Why it happens

Anomaly workflows multiply API calls: one per dataset, check set, and result upload. Fired together by an agent, they exceed quotas written for steadier usage, and a workflow without per-scan bookkeeping cannot tell what it already knows when the limit lands.

Edge cases / pitfalls

• Stagger recurring anomaly scans across the hour by dataset tier; critical tables first, the rest spread out.
• Keep per-scan results immutable once stored so a resume never overwrites earlier evidence.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_LTGKvihwnJNOx19meJKPmA

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_LTGKvihwnJNOx19meJKPmA

Thread query: soda API rate limit hit mid-anomaly scan workflow failed

TL;DR: Treat the Soda API limit as a scan-scheduling problem: spread anomaly scans over time instead of firing them together, record which scans completed before the limit hit, and resume the remainder after the window resets. The agent should degrade to a partial, clearly labelled result rather than failing the whole anomaly workflow on a quota.