Standard Compute

LLM API Troubleshooting

Fix the API errors that break your agent

Clear, accurate fixes for the LLM API errors developers hit most: 429 rate limits, “quota exceeded”, context length, overloaded servers, and the agent-specific ones that stall OpenClaw and Hermes. Causes, step-by-step fixes, and how to stop hitting them.

Rate limits

OpenAI “Rate limit reached for requests” (429)

OpenAI tokens-per-minute (TPM) rate limit

429Any provider

429 Too Many Requests — what it means & how to fix

429Anthropic (Claude)

Anthropic / Claude rate limit exceeded (429)

529Anthropic (Claude)

Anthropic “Overloaded” error (529)

OpenAI Servers Overloaded (503)? Causes and Fixes

OpenClaw “API rate limit reached” (429)

Why your AI agent keeps getting rate limited (and how to stop it)

OpenRouter 429 Error (“Rate limited upstream”): Causes and Fixes

Gemini CLI “Quota exceeded” (429): the free tier ended, what to do now

Cline “API Request Failed” 429 — how to fix

429Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent keeps hitting rate limits — how to fix

429OpenCode / upstream

OpenCode Rate Limited? Fix “Free Usage Limit Reached” (429)

Quota & billing

OpenAI “You exceeded your current quota” (insufficient_quota)

OpenAI “Billing hard limit has been reached”: Causes and How to Fix

“Quota exceeded — please use your own API key” explained

Cursor Usage Limit and “Monthly Limit Reached”: How to Fix

Claude Code “Usage Limit Reached”: Reset Times and Fixes

AI agent burning through API credits — why it happens and the permanent fix

Cline API costs too high — how to cut the bill without losing frontier models

Codex: You've Hit Your Usage Limit? Add Credits or Wait

GitHub Copilot Budget Exceeded or Premium Quota Used: Fix

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) out of credits or usage: how to fix

Claude Weekly Limit Reset Early? Reset Times and Fixes

OpenCode / Anthropic

Can you use a Claude Pro/Max subscription with OpenCode? Login, limits & alternatives (2026)

Roo Code API costs too high? It shut down, so cut costs in Cline or ZooCode (2026)

Pi coding agent API costs — already lean, here's how to make them fixed (2026)

Cline (ClinePass)

ClinePass limit reached: reset times and fixes

429ChatGPT login in Hermes Agent / OpenCode

“The usage limit has been reached” (429) in Hermes Agent and OpenCode: Fix

OpenAI Codex app

Codex dictation usage limit reached: why and how to fix

OpenAI Codex (Business, Enterprise, Edu)

Codex “Contact Your Workspace Owner” and Out of Credits: Fix

Codex “You have 1 usage limit reset available”: how to use it (and fix errors)

Anthropic (Claude Code)

Claude Code “/limit-reset” and “/low-priority”: how they work, and fixes

Model limits

400Any provider

“Maximum context length exceeded” (400): What It Means and How to Fix

404OpenAI / OpenAI-compatible

“The model does not exist or you do not have access to it” (404): How to Fix

400GitHub Copilot

Copilot “prompt token count exceeds the limit of 128000”: fix

Auth

401OpenAI / OpenAI-compatible

“Incorrect API key provided” (401 Unauthorized): How to Fix

Agent errors

OpenClaw “conflicting plugin install metadata” (shared SQLite state) — how to fix

OpenClaw / OpenAI Codex

OpenClaw “You've reached your Codex subscription usage limit”: How to Fix

Tired of fixing rate limits?

Most of these errors share one root cause: per-token, per-minute metering. Standard Compute is flat-rate, with per-key limits of 300 to 2,000 requests a minute and automatic failover, so bursts rarely end in a 429. See what you'd pay → · How it connects →