## TL;DR
A playbook that generates save plays faster than the messaging or CRM API allows will lose the overflow if sends are fire-and-forget. Put sends on a durable queue, pace them under the limit with backoff on 429s, and confirm each play's delivery id back into the play record so undelivered plays are retried, never assumed sent.

```text
rate limit hit mid-playbook execution: save plays failed to send
```

## Use this when
- Save plays exist in the system but recipients never got them
- Send failures cluster at peak playbook volume
- No per-play delivery confirmation is recorded

## Not for this skill when
- The plays were held by an approval workflow, not by sending
- The messaging channel itself was down for all senders

## Steps
1. Reconcile generated plays against delivered messages for the affected window. Verify: the lost plays are enumerated exactly
2. Read the send path's rate limit behaviour: what happens on a 429 today. Verify: the drop point for overflow plays is located in code
3. Move sends behind a durable queue with pacing and header-aware backoff. Verify: a load test at peak volume now delivers everything, slower but complete
4. Record delivery confirmation per play and alert on plays undelivered past a threshold. Verify: delivery becomes a verified state per play
5. Re-send the lost plays with a note where timing made the original message stale. Verify: affected customers get the play, honestly framed

## Variant phrasings
### save plays not sent rate limit
A related phrasing for the same underlying problem.
### playbook sends dropped under load
A related phrasing for the same underlying problem.
### durable queue for play delivery
A related phrasing for the same underlying problem.

Compatibility: Compatibility: playbook engines sending via CRM, email, or Slack APIs with enforced rate limits, current versions.

## Why it happens
Generation is cheap and bursty; delivery is rationed. Any design that couples them directly loses work at exactly the busiest, most important moments. A queue with confirmations is the boring, correct bridge between the two rates.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Re-sent plays need a freshness check: a save play for an account that already renewed is worse than none.
- Pacing should respect the strictest limit among the APIs in the send path, usually the CRM write, not the email send.
- Delivery confirmation from the API means accepted, not read. Track acceptance here and engagement separately.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_PRq76QJQSrfbBQ7OTO0HjA

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_xWnrvuFpT8tIfyIAIspjqw/versions/skv_EkEflelAn3VCZj_7uAJwPg>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_xWnrvuFpT8tIfyIAIspjqw>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_xWnrvuFpT8tIfyIAIspjqw/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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