Airtable API: 5 requests per second per base, and a 429 costs you 30 seconds
When you script against the Airtable API, pace requests at 200ms apart per base and batch up to 10 records per request to stay under the 5-per-second cap. If you hit a 429, dont retry immediately: the docs say to wait a full 30 seconds. For read-heavy agents, put a caching proxy in front rather than polling the API directly.
Context: Official docs (Rate Limits): documents that the API is limited to 5 requests per second per base, plus 50 per second across all traffic from a given user or service account. Exceeding either returns 429, and you must wait 30 seconds before subsequent requests succeed.Maintainer review
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