Title: RATE_LIMIT_ERROR
Last modified: July 14, 2022

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# RATE_LIMIT_ERROR

 *  Resolved [carboxyalic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raheemmurtaza/)
 * (@raheemmurtaza)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rate_limit_error/)
 * Hi,
 * Im getting this error while manually syncing my woo commerce inventory to square.
   Here is the detailed error log:
 *     ```
       07-14-2022 @ 10:29:42 - Request
        Request
       method:
       uri: batchUpsertCatalogObjects
       user-agent: WooCommerce-Square/3.1.0 (WooCommerce/6.7.0; WordPress/6.0.1)
       headers: Array
       (
       )
       body:
       duration: 11.42783s
   
       07-14-2022 @ 10:29:42 - Response
        Response
       code: 429
       message:
       headers: Array
       (
           [0] => HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
           [Date] => Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:29:42 GMT
           [Content-Type] => application/json
           [Content-Length] => 132
           [Connection] => keep-alive
           [Content-Encoding] => gzip
           [Square-Version] => 2021-10-20
           [Vary] => Origin, Accept-Encoding
           [X-Content-Type-Options] => nosniff
           [X-Download-Options] => noopen
           [X-Frame-Options] => SAMEORIGIN
           [X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies] => none
           [X-Speleo-Traceid] => BGeYehZCGFGjj
           [X-Xss-Protection] => 1; mode=block
           [X-Sq-Dc] => sjc2b
           [X-Sq-Region] => sjc2b
           [Strict-Transport-Security] => max-age=631152000; includeSubDomains; preload
       )
       body: Array
       (
           [0] => Square\Models\Error Object
               (
                   [category:Square\Models\Error:private] => RATE_LIMIT_ERROR
                   [code:Square\Models\Error:private] => RATE_LIMITED
                   [detail:Square\Models\Error:private] => This request was rate limited. Please retry later.
                   [field:Square\Models\Error:private] => 
               )
   
       )
   
       07-14-2022 @ 10:29:42 - Failed step cycle: update_matched_products (37.13s) -
       ```
   
 * Here is my system status report:
 *     ```
       ### WordPress Environment ###
   
       WordPress address (URL): https://knotjustyarn.com
       Site address (URL): https://knotjustyarn.com
       WC Version: 6.7.0
       REST API Version: ✔ 6.7.0
       WC Blocks Version: ✔ 7.8.3
       Action Scheduler Version: ✔ 3.4.0
       Log Directory Writable: ✔
       WP Version: 6.0.1
       WP Multisite: –
       WP Memory Limit: 256 MB
       WP Debug Mode: –
       WP Cron: ✔
       Language: en_US
       External object cache: –
   
       ### Server Environment ###
   
       Server Info: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian)
       PHP Version: 7.3.33-4+0~20220627.98+debian9~1.gbp40b3e4
       PHP Post Max Size: 10 MB
       PHP Time Limit: 1200
       PHP Max Input Vars: 2500
       cURL Version: 7.52.1
       OpenSSL/1.0.2u
   
       SUHOSIN Installed: –
       MySQL Version: 5.5.5-10.1.48-MariaDB-1~stretch
       Max Upload Size: 10 MB
       Default Timezone is UTC: ✔
       fsockopen/cURL: ✔
       SoapClient: ✔
       DOMDocument: ✔
       GZip: ✔
       Multibyte String: ✔
       Remote Post: ✔
       Remote Get: ✔
   
       ### Database ###
   
       WC Database Version: 6.7.0
       WC Database Prefix: wp_
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       wp_woocommerce_shipping_zones: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB
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       ### Post Type Counts ###
   
       acf-field: 33
       acf-field-group: 4
       attachment: 7417
       flamingo_contact: 15
       flamingo_inbound: 1
       nav_menu_item: 22
       page: 16
       post: 11
       product: 782
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       revision: 637
       shop_coupon: 18
       shop_order: 543
       shop_order_refund: 46
       tribe_events: 501
       tribe_organizer: 2
       tribe_venue: 2
       wc_stamps_label: 157
       wp_global_styles: 1
   
       ### Security ###
   
       Secure connection (HTTPS): ✔
       Hide errors from visitors: ✔
   
       ### Active Plugins (26) ###
   
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       Breeze: by Cloudways – 2.0.6
       Delivery Fees for WooCommerce: by Devio Digital – 1.5.1
       The Events Calendar PRO: by The Events Calendar – 5.14.3
       Facebook for WooCommerce: by Facebook – 2.6.17
       Flexible Shipping: by Octolize – 4.13.0
       FluentSMTP: by FluentSMTP & WPManageNinja Team – 2.1.2
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       Klaviyo: by Klaviyo
       Inc. – 3.0.3
   
       MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall: by MalCare Security – 4.78
       Pinterest for WooCommerce: by WooCommerce – 1.2.1
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       CTX Feed: by WebAppick – 4.4.68
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       WooCommerce Shipping & Tax: by WooCommerce – 1.26.2
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       Yoast SEO: by Team Yoast – 19.3
       WP Data Access: by Passionate Programmers B.V. – 5.2.1
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       WP phpMyAdmin: by Puvox.software – 5.2.0.3
       WP Rollback: by GiveWP.com – 1.7.1
   
       ### Inactive Plugins (0) ###
   
       ### Dropin Plugins (1) ###
   
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       ### Settings ###
   
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       Thousand Separator: ,
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       Taxonomies: Product Visibility: exclude-from-catalog (exclude-from-catalog)
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       rated-1 (rated-1)
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       rated-3 (rated-3)
       rated-4 (rated-4)
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       Connected to WooCommerce.com: ✔
       Enforce Approved Product Download Directories: –
   
       ### WC Pages ###
   
       Shop base: #31 - /shop/
       Cart: #32 - /cart/
       Checkout: #33 - /checkout/
       My account: #34 - /my-account/
       Terms and conditions: ❌ Page not set
   
       ### Theme ###
   
       Name: storefront child theme
       Version: 1.0
       Author URL: 
       Child Theme: ✔
       Parent Theme Name: Storefront
       Parent Theme Version: 4.1.0 – 4.1.1 is available
       Parent Theme Author URL: https://woocommerce.com/
       WooCommerce Support: ✔
   
       ### Templates ###
   
       Overrides: –
   
       ### WooCommerce PayPal Payments ###
   
       Onboarded: ✔
       Shop country code: US
       WooCommerce currency supported: ✔
       PayPal card processing available in country: ✔
       Pay Later messaging available in country: ✔
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       Vault enabled: ✔
       Logging enabled: –
       Reference Transactions: –
       Used PayPal Checkout plugin: –
   
       ### Square ###
   
       Environment: Production
       Tokenization Enabled: 
       Debug Mode: Off
   
       ### Admin ###
   
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       coupons
       customer-effort-score-tracks
       experimental-products-task
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       experimental-fashion-sample-products
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       Disabled Features: minified-js
       settings
   
       Daily Cron: ✔ Next scheduled: 2022-07-14 20:14:07 -06:00
       Options: ✔
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       ### Action Scheduler ###
   
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       Oldest: 2022-06-24 07:28:06 -0600
       Newest: 2022-07-13 05:16:48 -0600
   
       Complete: 81,885
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       ### Status report information ###
   
       Generated at: 2022-07-14 10:36:14 -06:00
       ```
   
 * Hope i can get this resolved asap looking forward to response !!

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 *  [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/)
 * (@rainfallnixfig)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rate_limit_error/#post-15826620)
 * Hi [@raheemmurtaza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raheemmurtaza/)!
 * Thanks for reaching out.
 * > [category:Square\Models\Error:private] => RATE_LIMIT_ERROR
   >  [code:Square\Models\
   > Error:private] => RATE_LIMITED [detail:Square\Models\Error:private] => This
   > request was rate limited. Please retry later.
 * Background processing is required to successfully sync product data between Square
   and WooCommerce. It sounds like your host is mitigating increased server usage
   with rate limiting.
 * Can you please contact your host’s support team and let them know there is no
   security issue with the syncing process and ask them to enable background processing/
   loopback connections?
 * Cheers!
 *  Thread Starter [carboxyalic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raheemmurtaza/)
 * (@raheemmurtaza)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rate_limit_error/#post-15828359)
 * Thanks!

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