Google API Credentials and "Service is receiving too many requests from you"

Describe the problem/error/question

“The service is receiving too many requests from you” - I have throttled back my Update or Append row Sheets Nodes with a batched loop and anywhere from 1.00 to 5.00 seconds with a Wait Node. It works but is now laboriously slow. I have looked over the Google API docs and my understanding is 60 requests/minute so I should be well within limits. My question is two-fold: 1) Is there ANYTHING ELSE I can do to trim the wait time and speed this sucker up? 2) When I set up my credentials, I there wasn’t a place to insert “my” Key and Secret, so am I just using an n8n credential? And, if so, is that part of the problem because we are all sharing the same credentials? Below is a sub-workflow of many. Note that they do NOT run concurrently, so overlap should not be the culprit.

What is the error message (if any)?

Please share your workflow


Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 2.17.5
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): n8n cloud
  • Operating system:

If you are on Starter Plan, you share Google API quota with other users.

This thread may help

Hi :waving_hand: @tamy.santos

OP already mentioned

So most likely OP is on Starter Plan

thanks @kjooleng
I haven’t been here in a while, so I’m a bit rusty.

No problem, we are all here to help. Enjoyed your break?

Currently paid thru the 11th on Pro upgraded to 50K executions daily. Should have all pro “perks” until then…

I was sick, so… :woozy_face:
but everything is alright now.