Rate Limiting & API Quota Management
Protect production agents from provider rate limits and runaway costs by throttling requests, retrying with backoff, and managing per-user quotas.
The Limits You Face
LLM providers cap usage in two ways:
- Requests per minute (RPM)
- Tokens per minute (TPM)
Exceed them and calls return 429 Too Many Requests, breaking your agents under load.
Why Throttle Proactively
Waiting for 429s and retrying is wasteful. Proactive rate limiting spaces out requests so you stay under the cap, smoothing traffic and avoiding errors entirely.
All lessons in this course
- Deploying Agents to Cloud Platforms
- Managing Agent State & Sessions
- Scaling Agent Architectures
- Rate Limiting & API Quota Management