# Indeed "429 too many requests" when the agent's job-posting sync exceeds the quota

## TL;DR

The posting sync exceeded Indeed's quota by syncing everything every time. Pace within the quota, sync only changed postings, and schedule around the quota reset. Quotas are budgets; spend them on changes.

```text
429 Too Many Requests (Indeed job-posting sync over quota)
```

## Steps

1. Learn the quota: limits and reset window from the docs and the 429 headers.
   Expected: The budget is known.

2. Pace the sync within the quota with delays between calls.
   Expected: Requests fit the budget.

3. Sync only changed postings since the last run.
   Expected: The call count drops dramatically.

4. Schedule the sync to straddle the quota reset if needed.
   Expected: The budget is used efficiently.

5. Alert when usage approaches the quota so growth does not surprise you.
   Expected: The ceiling is visible.

## When to use

- Indeed posting syncs hit 429
- the sync is full every time
- quota usage is unmonitored

## When not to use

- the 429 is on a different endpoint (check which call)
- a single call 429s (look for a loop)
- the quota genuinely cannot fit the business (talk to Indeed)

## Tool compatibility

- Indeed job-posting API
- sync workflows

## Variant phrasings

- "indeed 429 too many requests"
- "indeed posting sync quota"
- "indeed job posting rate limit"

## Why it happens

Job-posting quotas are sized for change traffic, not for full syncs on a loop. An agent that re-syncs every posting every run burns the quota on unchanged data, then 429s on the changes that matter. Incremental sync is the entire fix.

## Edge cases

- the changed-since watermark is the critical state; protect it
- quota resets are usually on a fixed clock; align the schedule to it
- usage alerting needs the quota value configured, not hardcoded

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_hFOGnkXA8esNbn38M5he8g

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