'You've made too many requests recently'

[MSXCF]

Anyone else getting this error a lot on the market lately?

I never got this error before, it started about one or two months back. Starting in the last couple of months, I get this error often. Sometimes I can do some trades/searches before it pops up, other times the error pops up after very few actions. What's up?

I see there's been a few complaints on this some years ago and one suggestion was to disable addons interfering with the traffic. I use the Steam browser and it does not support addons. I have none.


Another frequent error is that the server is too busy, without blaming me.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

IP rate limit.

[MSXCF]

What does it mean and how can it be fixed?

[TGC> The Games Collector]

yeah, I mostly get it when trying to complete a badge.
Like, I can only do that twice and then it starts whining about "too many requests" already.

[Wolfsun]

There is probably a limit on the number of trade requests you can make on the market over some Steam determined period of time. Common sense would dictate that the limit is a security measure to keep hackers from spamming the system.

Why not try asking Steam support what the issue is? Couldn't hurt. Worst case they just ignore ya.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

"Too many requests" is an IP rate limit added back in early October 2022 for the Market and inventories...

Originally posted by wuddih:

this restriction is per IP, so any form of shared internet connection is very likely to trigger it faster.

of course, scripts/browser addons also contribute to exceeding the limit because they might do things you dont requests you dont necessarily notice.

f.e. Augmented Steam does 2-3 additional requests every time you click a marketable item

the restriction is not short, it might even be longer than 2 days.

solution: change IP if you wanna use it earlier.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/3468361193658091414/#c3468361193658808176

Originally posted by wuddih:

1) disable all Steam-related browser addons/userscripts
2) turn off any shared connection (VPN/proxy/kick roommates off router/etc.)

and after doing that, do things a bit slower.
certain url nodes of Steam were severely rate limited for a few weeks, it is more relaxed now but depending on how they block, people/networks might still be affected by it.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/5294572213366934649/#c5294572213367646226

Originally posted by WhatZit:

At the end of October, Valve reduced the permissible request rate for inventory lookups (endpoints).

This broke all Steam Market browser addons that heavily interrogated your owned items, typically causing a "429 Too Many requests" IP ban after a mere half-dozen transactions. The ban can easily last 6 hours, and it auto-refreshes if you exceed the limit again during the ban.

According to findings on the ArchiSteamFarm github, extension developers will need to forcibly cap the number of matches returned to 2000 (via the "count" parameter), and introduce other delays so as to guarantee only 1 request every 4 seconds.

This is deliberate behavior on Valve's part. Until the addon devs update their code, you can't do a damn thing about it except change your IP and go back to using only the clunky, non-enhanced official Steam Client (which apparently isn't affected).

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/5294572213376009626/#c5294572213376491761

tl;dr... Change your IP.

You can also read starting here...

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3768987250125333123/#c3768987250125687276

[D-Black Catto]

yeah I just made a thread about it too

[TheLevelCap]

Originally posted by MSXCF:

What does it mean and how can it be fixed?

I fix it by restarting my router. You should turn it off and wait a few seconds b4 turning it back on to make sure you ISP will change your IP.