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Poster: TL7 Date: Oct 5, 2019 2:02pm
Forum: forums Subject: Reason for new strict Wayback data cap? (HTTP 429 – “Too Many Requests”)

Too Many Requests


Please email info@archive.org if you have questions about why are you being blocked

One year ago, the Wayback Machine had no data cap, as far as I know.

One month ago, the data cap was estimatedly 20 pages (might depend on other factors, I am not sure). Then, one needs to wait for a while.

But now, I have observed that the data cap is just 5 pages.

Maybe it depends on other factors as well, but one thing is for sure: it has noticably significantly dropped.

I am sorry to say that this new limitation is very disappointing and irritating.
In fact, it brings the exact thing I hated most about Archive.Today to the Wayback Machine.
I miss the beautiful and bright times when neither Archive.Today, nor Wayback Machine had any data caps. I was proud of the Wayback Machine for being generous compared to Archive.Today, but now, that bright sky became gloomy.
Maybe there is a legitimate technical reason for the new limitation, I am not sure.
If there is one, which reason is it?
I hope that you can comprehend my concerns.

This post was modified by TL7 on 2019-10-05 21:02:44

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Poster: jlnhlfan Date: May 19, 2023 12:16pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Reason for new strict Wayback data cap? (HTTP 429 – “Too Many Requests”)

I am having this problem as well. And I always tell myself that it's because they think I'm a bot trying to scrape data, when all I'm doing is going to places to potentially save pictures.

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Poster: KYVE Yakima Boy Date: Apr 15, 2020 3:47pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Reason for new strict Wayback data cap? (HTTP 429 – “Too Many Requests”)

I'm having the same problem on this site since April 14, 2020.

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Poster: TL7 Date: Oct 6, 2019 7:16am
Forum: forums Subject: Disclaimer: Zero hate.

I hope that my post is not considered as hate but constructive feedback.

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Poster: TL7 Date: Oct 6, 2019 6:33am
Forum: forums Subject: Search engine suggestion

I would like to inform you that “Wayback Machine too many requests” is already a search suggestion on Google.

Not on DuckDuckGo or Bing yet, however.

But it is a sign that this limitation is handicapping many users already.

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Poster: thispassing Date: Sep 7, 2020 12:49pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: Search engine suggestion

having the same issues, idk what is wrong im just trying to access old video