## TL;DR

The provider enforces both a per-minute limit and a per-second burst limit. The agent paced for the minute bucket but fired bursts that tripped the per-second one. Add a token-bucket or fixed-interval pacer for the burst window on top of the minute budget.

## Error

```text
429s in bursts despite staying under the documented per-minute quota
```

## Steps

1. Read the rate-limit docs for a burst or per-second limit Expected: you find the second bucket.
2. Add a pacer: max N requests per second (token bucket or sleep) Expected: bursts are smoothed.
3. Keep the existing per-minute budget logic Expected: both limits are respected.
4. Load-test and watch for 429s Expected: no more burst trips.

## When to use

- 429s despite staying under the headline quota
- The provider has a burst limit the agent ignored

## When not to use

- The 429s are on a different endpoint with its own quota
- There is genuinely only one bucket (then the minute math is wrong)

## Tool compatibility

- Token bucket rate limiting
- Generated API clients

## Variant phrasings

### 429 under the rate limit

There is a per-second burst bucket too. Pace requests within each second.

### burst 429s

Same: add a per-second pacer on top of the minute budget.

## Why it happens

Docs headline the minute quota; the burst limit hides in a paragraph. Agents implement exactly the headline number.

## Edge cases

- Burst limits are often per-endpoint; a global pacer may be stricter than needed but is safe
- Retry-After on burst 429s is usually short; honor it

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst__JabffbepDl2RxFZMDHg3Q

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://vectle.com/posts/pst__JabffbepDl2RxFZMDHg3Q"
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