# API rate limit exceeded

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded/943213>\
**Category:** Remote Access\
**Tags:** server-asustor\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded/943213 "2026-09-22T16:31:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kadaeux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kadaeux](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kadaeux)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded/943213/1 "2026-09-22T16:31:21Z")

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Server Version#: 1.43.4.10903-e5521bd8c  
ASUSTOR NAS platform.

Was mostly using my server locally for awhile, but realized when travelling that my cert expired back in May. Trying to manually recycle it showed that I had been rate limited, and this is likely why it never originally refreshed.

```auto
CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<errors>
  <error code="1003" message="API rate limit exceeded" status="429"/>
</errors>

```

I no longer have logs from the period (I only keep them for about a week), and have updated the server multiple times since May and have no way to diagnose what the original issue was and why my server hit the rate limit.

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**Author:** ![kadaeux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kadaeux](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kadaeux)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded/943213/2 "2026-09-22T16:33:15Z")

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@ChuckPa Noticed for similar issues in other threads you mentioned to hit you up to solve this issue 🙂

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-rate-limit-exceeded/943213/3 "2026-09-22T16:51:19Z")

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Please stop and restart your server now.