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> 429s aren’t “blocking” Like how "unlimited traffic, but will slow down to 1bps if you use more than 100gb in a month" is technically "unlimited traffic". Bu
by luckylion 2y ago
> 429s aren’t “blocking”
Like how "unlimited traffic, but will slow down to 1bps if you use more than 100gb in a month" is technically "unlimited traffic".
But for all intents and purposes, it's limited. And 429 are blocking. They include a hint towards the reason why you are blocked and when the block might expire (retry-after doesn't promise that you'll be successful if you wait), but besides that, what's the different compared to 403?
- yladiz 2y agoI would disagree. Blocking typically implies permanence (without more action by the blockee), and since 429 isn’t usually a permanent error code I wouldn’t call it blocking. Same applies with 403, it’s only permanent if the requester doesn’t authorize correctly.