# API rate limit exceeded status=429
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894
**Category:** Remote Access
**Tags:** server-mac
**Created:** [November 25, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894 "2025-11-25T20:45:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@StressedElephant](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StressedElephant)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894/1 "2025-11-25T20:45:23Z")
I’m getting the following error:
Nov 25, 2025 21:42:19.650 [0x16eb7b000] DEBUG - CERT: Forcing refresh.
Nov 25, 2025 21:42:19.655 [0x16eb7b000] DEBUG - CERT: Certificate expires soon, fetching a new one.
Nov 25, 2025 21:42:20.033 [0x16eb7b000] ERROR - CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429,
Apparently this is an issue that is well known. Could someone from Plex please reset my certificate?
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### Author:  [@shark2k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shark2k)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894/2 "2025-11-26T01:43:57Z")
@ChuckPa I believe you can help with this as it looks like a Cert error.
-Shark2k
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894/3 "2025-11-26T02:26:52Z")
@shark2k
Your main and test servers both have valid certificates
Have you tried shutting down PMS for 15-20 minutes then restarting?
If you have then I can force a cert refresh
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### Author:  [@shark2k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shark2k)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894/4 "2025-11-26T02:39:23Z")
Hey ChuckPA. I was pinging you for the OP as the title did not make it clear (at least to me) that they had a cert issue so just wanted to make sure you noticed. I am all good on my end. Thanks though!
If they opened another thread and you resolved this one, sorry about that.
-Shark2k
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894/5 "2025-11-26T03:11:18Z")
@StressedElephant
I have reset the certificate.
Please restart your server.
@shark2k Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-status-429/933894/6 "2026-02-24T03:11:55Z")
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