# Throttled, 429 Error on Instagram

This error is about instagram reject or limits your request thru instagram servers. Sometime, when you reach your account's current limits on related request, instagram can give this error. When you get this error on tools, it is mean you reached your maximum limits. So stop actions and increase delay for related request or make hard limit for that requests. 

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Here is example photo about this limit. You reached story like functions maximum limit on your account. You cannot make more story like in following 24 hours. So account will not use story like option for 24 hours and then it will activated itself. 

When you get this problem on action side like story view, story like, you should rest your account 24 hours if you want otherwise our tool will disable this feature and continue with other functions.

When you get this error on scrape : follower targetting, liker or hashtag, you need add more scraper because of you reached your limits.  If you dont use scrapers, you can rest your account for 24 hours and you can start with different & high delay for related feature. 


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