---
title: "Instance overloaded"
description: "The instance is overloaded right now. Resend after the wait time from Retry-After."
lang: en
url: https://developers.bodo-app.com/en/problems/OVERLOADED/
apiVersion: 2026-11-01
---

# Instance overloaded

The instance is overloaded right now. Resend after the wait time from Retry-After.

**Status 429** · `OVERLOADED`

## Typical cause

The instance of your organization is busy right now, regardless of your own limits.

## Way out

Wait for `Retry-After` and retry with jitter, so not all clients come back at once.

## Example response

**Example response**

```http
GET /v1/contacts

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Content-Type: application/problem+json
Content-Language: en

{
  "type": "https://developers.bodo-app.com/problems/OVERLOADED",
  "title": "Instance overloaded",
  "status": 429,
  "instance": "/v1/contacts",
  "code": "OVERLOADED",
  "requestId": "req_01JBD8Y3K5M7Q2W9X4Z6T1V0NP"
}
```

## Related

- [429 RATE_LIMITED](/en/problems/RATE_LIMITED/) · Too many requests
- [503 INSTANCE_PENDING](/en/problems/INSTANCE_PENDING/) · Instance is being updated

Read on: [Rate limits](/en/guides/rate-limits/)