limit the frequency of API requests

Open whym opened this issue 4 years ago • 0 comments

It looks like when used by admins, QuickStatements can send API requests too rapidly. (Reported at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators%27_noticeboard#batch_49266_by_User:Bovlb_ignores_maxlag) (permalink)

500 edits between 21:11-21:14, 9 February 2021 - 125+ edits per minute.
500 edits between 20:53-20:55, 9 February 2021 - 166+ edits per minute.

The solution might be using maxlag and pausing and retrying upon a failure. The suggested value is 5 seconds.

Feb 17 '21 23:02 whym