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Krytical [3342314]

Just got this error too at 12:10:20, it literally happened as i was viewing this post, i wasn't even doing anything and then my screen refreshed and went to that page.

CloudJumper [1636201]Staff

Can you try refreshing the wiki page a few times (nothing else open) and see if you can trigger it again? Wiki has a stricter rate limit than on site because it is available without logging in to Torn and is much more susceptible to DDoS.

CrazyHelm [2317510]

I've been rate limited twice today and never have been before, both times when I was recruiting and messaging people, even with 0 API keys active on the second try. Both led to an hour ban.

Edit: Timestamps were around 11:35 TCT and around 12:45 TCT

JxD [1545444]

I have been rate limited today, at a time when I wasn't even refreshing much nor sending many requests

_SCOFIELD_ [1441750]

I did not make any action, I just opened 10-15 minimised chats one after the other in quick succession and I got rate limited.

 

(I have multiple tabs open sitting idle, but I play like that for the last 6 months now and never got this error) just now when opening 10-15 chats caused this

_SCOFIELD_ [1441750]

That is a separate warning message where you get blocked for exactly 60 seconds from torn for making too many requests. I get that a lot of times daily when I’m stalking mug targets, so that’s understandable.

 

but this rate limited is a different issue (even when shown on visiting wiki page). I don’t think those should be posted in that thread.

Chedburn [1] Admin Developer

We found a change that is likely responsible for the uptick in rate limit hits. A fix was pushed just now, let's see if that helps!

_SCOFIELD_ [1441750]

It did not work.

 

like I mentioned before, opening 10 minimised chats within 5-10 seconds just caused this issue again on my end. I’m now again being rate limited and can’t access torn on WiFi for a while now

BehattedLlama [2853473]

Rate limited. Only two of us on our home IP address, I played slots and got off, QueenofNothing was about to play slots and we got hit with rate limits. No unusual network traffic, no new scripts, nothing out of the ordinary at all. First time we've had this problem and we've had the same internet provider for years. It's been 10 minutes or so so far. 

Defectus [2549859]

clicked wiki only 1 time again and got rate limited

Sat 11:48:25 - 04/10/25

 

EDIT: coincidence it happend last time on a saturday at this time?

MrRightSA [2652679]

been doing this for me for weeks, went onto it for the first time at all today and already rate limited

 

e: finally justification for my VPN beyond "the UK government doesn't want me looking at skuddies"

Chedburn [1] Admin Developer

I've spent 20 minutes looking through logs on your regular IP address, and cannot find anything. In fact, in the last 72 hours, there are zero rate limit blocks on your IP address - so I'm really lost. In the past 72 hours, only 4 unique IPs have been blocked from the Wiki, none of them yours.

 

If you're logged in to Torn, using the same browser, you shouldn't ever see these rate limits. Even if you're logged out, you'll be allowed to make quite a few requests per minute before your IP address is rate limited. I really don't know what to suggest...