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AO3 announced a few months back that they were adding a feature to let people see how long they had to wait after being rate-limited.
When you get the Retry Later page, right-click and select "Inspect". It might say "Inspect Element, or something similar, depending on the browser. Go to the "Network" tab. Refresh the page, and select the request/name at the top of the list. It will probably be a red number, it should say "Status code: 429" in the information to the right, and the type should be "html" or "document" or similar. (If you don't see the right one, make sure "All" is selected, above the list.)
By default, it should open to the "Headers" tab; select that if not. In the "Response Headers" section, it should say "retry-after", and that number is how many seconds you have to wait before it'll let you back in.
As long as I'm talking about AO3, everyone knows about the secret search filters, right?
[AO3-6344] - If someone or something accesses too many pages in a short time, we give them a timeout. We now include the duration of the timeout in our response -- not written on the error page, but in a format that's usable for bots and scripts.It's possible to see it as a user, too, if you're on desktop. You just have to know where to look. I posted this to discord a few months ago, and I've been meaning to post it here for posterity.
When you get the Retry Later page, right-click and select "Inspect". It might say "Inspect Element, or something similar, depending on the browser. Go to the "Network" tab. Refresh the page, and select the request/name at the top of the list. It will probably be a red number, it should say "Status code: 429" in the information to the right, and the type should be "html" or "document" or similar. (If you don't see the right one, make sure "All" is selected, above the list.)
By default, it should open to the "Headers" tab; select that if not. In the "Response Headers" section, it should say "retry-after", and that number is how many seconds you have to wait before it'll let you back in.
As long as I'm talking about AO3, everyone knows about the secret search filters, right?
