When too many requests start coming in from the same source, APIs (application programming interfaces) will slow down the traffic so you don't overwhelm the system. Rate limiting also prevents a denial of service attack where the system is so busy responding to attacks that legitimate traffic is turned away. (Think bots vs real people).
Rate limit exceeded. WTF does that even mean?
When too many requests start coming in from the same source, APIs (application programming interfaces) will slow down the traffic so you don't overwhelm the system. Rate limiting also prevents a denial of service attack where the system is so busy responding to attacks that legitimate traffic is turned away. (Think bots vs real people).