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OpenAI API: 2026-09-02 — Updated API errors so applications can distinguish traffic that increases too quickly from temporary model overload.

OpenAI API Changelog · article · Sep 2, 2026 · UTC

Updated API errors so applications can distinguish traffic that increases too quickly from temporary model overload. Traffic that increases too quickly can return a 429 error with the slow_down code. Temporary model overload returns a 503 error with the server_is_overloaded code. Both responses may include Retry-After. When the header is present, wait at least as long as it specifies before retrying. If it's missing, use exponential backoff. See the error codes guide and rate limits guide.

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First collected: 2026-09-22T22:51:10.705Z. This is not the publication date.