# "API rate limit exceeded" When Getting Certificate

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-when-getting-certificate/704075>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-when-getting-certificate/704075 "2021-03-25T21:58:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded-when-getting-certificate/704075/4 "2021-03-26T13:30:04Z")

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@MarkJH

Normal rate limiting idle time required to clear throttling is that the API will remove the limit 24 hours after first triggered.

So if it was first throttled at noon, and persisted for several hours, shutdown until noon the next day is the normal self-clearing time.

I see you have several servers. which one is having this problem?

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