RateLimitError: The server had an error with no reason given

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I encountered this error with text-davinci-003 too. My usage is far lower than the rate limit.

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For me I threw a time.sleep(3) in there so I do only 20 requests per minute max. The API limits are somewhere in the documentation, I think it’s 3k calls per minute if you have a credit card linked.

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I use a two second delay and it works good, but three seconds is even better if you are not in a hurry :slight_smile:

Thanks for being a good “API Netizen” and not hammering on the Beta API too much :slight_smile:

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The error was resolved, and as noted, it had nothing to do with delays :).

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That’s a different error than the one being discussed here.

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Yep, thats fair enough! Just thought it might be related. :slight_smile:

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Is this resolved for you?
Also having the same problem today.

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Yep, it’s back with a vengeance this morning. Some requests needing 15-18 retries.

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Nasty issue indeed. Here’s the way I try to mitigate it. Even if it should be fixed…

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same, does someone know a channel where we can ping the staff

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support@openai.com
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Just encountered the same problem on a “pay-as-you-go” plan. I definitely didn’t hit any of the specified limits. Will try to contact the support.

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Just had the same issue: [ERROR] RateLimitError: The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!

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I’m having the same error, and even though my keys are paid, I’m getting these random errors with the gpt models.

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It’s happening again. Now with the latest GPT-4 model.

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I’ve encountered the same error with GPT4

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It’s happening now with GPT4. Can’t have complex interactions with it for long

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Rate limits can happen when the API is overloaded

It doesn’t actually mean it has hit “your” rate limit. The message returned in the response is slightly different too

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