# Rate Limit Error while using the API **URL:** \ **Category:** LangChain for LLM Application Development\ **Created:** [July 30, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041 "2023-07-30T10:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![s-h-a-m-i-k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@s-h-a-m-i-k](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/s-h-a-m-i-k)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041/1 "2023-07-30T10:17:43Z")
Hello, Am getting the below error while trying to run the jupyter notebook of L4. ```auto Retrying langchain.embeddings.openai.embed_with_retry.._embed_with_retry in 4.0 seconds as it raised RateLimitError: exceeded quota for this month. ``` Could someone please help with this? Am not using my personal OpenAI API key for this course, but using the one that’s provided. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![gent.spah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/gent.spah/32/136423_2.png) [@gent.spah](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/gent.spah)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041/2 "2023-07-30T13:11:31Z")
It says you have exceeded your quota, there should be an in built allowance here. Maybe if you try later might reset… ---
**Author:** ![s-h-a-m-i-k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@s-h-a-m-i-k](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/s-h-a-m-i-k)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041/3 "2023-07-30T14:08:22Z")
Thank you for the answer. I tried after a few hours and am getting the same error. Would it be possible to check when the limit will be restored? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![gent.spah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/gent.spah/32/136423_2.png) [@gent.spah](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/gent.spah)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041/4 "2023-07-30T16:08:05Z")
No I have no access to that. ---
**Author:** ![jeffchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jeffchan](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/jeffchan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041/5 "2023-08-02T02:08:23Z")
Seems to have reset today with the beginning of the month. It’s some sort of monthly quota, I think. ---
**Author:** ![s-h-a-m-i-k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@s-h-a-m-i-k](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/s-h-a-m-i-k)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041/6 "2023-08-02T15:42:59Z")
yes, that’s true as per the error message it’s supposed to reset every month. maybe i have taken too many courses using chatgpt during july and that’s why i exhausted the rate limit ---
**Author:** ![jeffchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jeffchan](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/jeffchan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/rate-limit-error-while-using-the-api/402041/7 "2023-08-04T02:20:50Z")
I suspect the quota is not per person but rather across everyone who takes the course. I was probably the one that went over the quota as it was working when I initially tried it in the middle of last month, but then it hit the rate limit when I retried a few minutes later. I’ve been poking at it every so often since then until it worked again at the beginning of this month.