{"id":10220,"date":"2026-04-30T11:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=10220"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:17:54","slug":"429-errors-on-automated-integrations-and-link-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/429-errors-on-automated-integrations-and-link-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger server-level rate limits for automated traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hostinger has implemented server-level rate limits for traffic originating from specific network ranges, such as Meta, AWS, and Microsoft. These infrastructure-level protections are designed to maintain optimal server performance and ensure your website remains available for human visitors, even during periods of high-volume crawler activity.<\/p><p>This article explains how these measures may trigger an HTTP Error 429 (Too Many Requests) for non-human traffic and automated services.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-impact-on-third-party-services\">Impact on third-party services<\/h2><p>Because these rate limits apply to specific network ranges, you may notice issues with the following automated services:<\/p><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp): Link previews consisting of titles, descriptions, or images may fail to generate when you share your website URLs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Automation tools (Zapier, Make, n8n): Workflows or automations may fail when trying to fetch data from your site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marketing and CRM tools (HubSpot, Salesforce): API synchronizations or data fetches may return errors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monitoring services: Uptime tools may trigger false downtime alerts if their health checks are rate-limited.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-managing-rate-limited-requests\">Managing rate-limited requests<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The rate limit applies at the server level to all customers and is not tied to your specific hosting plan or domain. These periods of high activity typically resolve within a few hours.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you encounter 429 errors, follow these steps:<\/span><\/p><ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/statuspage.hostinger.com\/incidents\/gnmsr61jybw1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hostinger Status Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for live updates regarding infrastructure performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wait and retry: Most crawler-related limits are temporary. Attempt the action again after a short period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Configure exponential backoff: If your third-party integration supports it, enable exponential backoff. This setting ensures the service automatically retries the request after a delay when it receives a 429 response.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These measures ensure your website remains stable and responsive for human visitors during traffic spikes from automated bots. Hostinger is currently refining these server-level protections to provide a permanent solution that balances high-volume automated traffic with third-party service compatibility.<\/span><\/p><p><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These rate limits care applied to the server infrastructure, therefore, they cannot be disabled for individual websites or hosting plans. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This behavior only affects non-human traffic; regular visitors can continue to access your content without interruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>If you encounter rate limits while browsing your website or working in the WordPress Admin area, refer to our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-troubleshoot-http-error-429-at-hostinger\/\">How to troubleshoot HTTP Error 429 at Hostinger<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hostinger has implemented server-level rate limits for traffic originating from specific network ranges, such as Meta, AWS, and Microsoft. 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