Rate limits errors (429) on openAI

Questions
1

I’m running an agent using openAI chat model and I’m getting a 429 rate limit error.
I tried debugging it using a different model, a single http request and everything leads me to the conclusion that there is an issue with IP throttling of the n8n IP (I’m using the cloud version) - this was the chatGPT own conclusion as well after a long debugging session.

I have credits on the account
I have already had busier days on my usage
tried a different API key

Has anyone encountered the same issue?
What is the fix?

2

Hi @avinoam, welcome to the community!

Have you tried making an API call outside of n8n, using Postman or any chat client, just to confirm that everything is working fine on the API key side?

3

no I did not…
I did run an http request from within n8n and got the same error

4

@avinoam

Please try outside of n8n first to confirm that it’s not an issue with your OpenAI limits

5

I admit I do not know how to…
can you please point me to the easiest place to do so?

6

@avinoam
Let’s start with the OpenAI Playground first…

Is it working? Can you chat with a model and get a response?

https://platform.openai.com/playground

7

the link you send also gave an error

8

I used a curl http request and it gave the same error
so maybe not an n8n issue after all?

9

Yes, it’s probably something related to your OpenAI settings, API key, or usage limits. Try digging through your account to see what’s going on…

10

thank you very much for the help, I figured my account credit ran out.
Something with their cryptic message threw me off that direction