Update: This is not a one-day issue. On a completely fresh day (2026-08-11),
restarting the bot from scratch, I got AB1021 "Too many requests" on the very
first candle scan (09:20:02), before even completing 12 sequential requests
spaced 6+ seconds apart. This confirms it's a persistent account-level
restriction, not a temporary burst-triggered cooldown.
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Persistent AB1021 rate-limit error on getCandleData despite low request rateposted in Python SDK
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Persistent AB1021 rate-limit error on getCandleData despite low request rateposted in Python SDK
I'm using SmartAPI's getCandleData (FIVE_MINUTE interval) for 12 NSE symbols.
Since ~09:15 IST on 2026-08-10 I've been getting AB1021 "Too many requests"
errors on most calls, continuously for 5+ hours, even after spacing my
requests 6-10 seconds apart (well under the documented 3 req/sec limit).Affected window: 2026-08-10, 09:15 IST onward
Error: AB1021 "Too many requests"This looks like an account-level throttle rather than a live rate-limit hit.
Could you please help check if any restriction is applied to my account?