Responses commonly used when a client must back off.
Section: Common API Response Patterns
Rate limiting and overload codes
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408 Request Timeout
425 Too Early
429 Too Many Requests
503 Service UnavailableExplanation
`429` is the canonical rate-limit response; `503` is also often used for temporary overload or maintenance.
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