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{"text": "This error message indicates that our servers are experiencing high traffic and are unable to process your request at the moment. This could happen for several reasons, such as:\n\n\n\n- There is a sudden spike or surge in demand for our services.\n\n\n- There is scheduled or unscheduled maintenance or update on our servers.\n\n\n- There is an unexpected or unavoidable outage or incident on our servers.\n\n\n\nTo resolve this error, please follow these steps:\n\n\n\n- Retry your request after a brief wait. We recommend using an exponential backoff strategy or a retry logic that respects the response headers and the rate limit. You can read more about our best practices [here](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6891753-rate-limit-advice).\n\n\n- Check our [status page](https://status.openai.com/) for any updates or announcements regarding our services and servers. \n\n\n- If you are still getting this error after a reasonable amount of time, please contact us for further assistance. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.\n\n", "title": "Error Code 429 - The engine is currently overloaded. Please try again later.", "article_id": "6891834", "url": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6891834-error-code-429-the-engine-is-currently-overloaded-please-try-again-later"}