---
title: "429 Too Many Requests in Shopify"
canonical: "https://lemwatch.com/http-status-codes/429/in-shopify"
platform: "Shopify"
last_verified: "2026-08-11"
source: "https://lemwatch.com"
---

# HTTP 429 Too Many Requests in Shopify

**Platform** — Shopify — hosted e-commerce platform.

**Where it surfaces** — Shopify admin, checkout, or the Storefront/Admin GraphQL APIs.

## Cause on this platform

Shopify's leaky-bucket rate limiter (REST: 40 req burst / 2 rps refill on standard plans) has been exceeded, or a GraphQL query has consumed all cost points.

## Fix on this platform

Read `X-Shopify-Shop-Api-Call-Limit` (REST) or the `extensions.cost` object (GraphQL), throttle client-side, and prefer bulk operations for large exports.


## Generic reference

The client has sent too many requests in a given time window — the canonical rate-limiting and abuse-protection status code.

_Canonical HTML page: https://lemwatch.com/http-status-codes/429/in-shopify_