Fix · Forms and email

Email service says too many requests (429)

Not checked against the vendor's current screens

What you may see

Sending fails when many people submit at once

Most likely cause

The email plan allows only a certain number of messages per second or per day.

Check first (about two minutes)

Check the service dashboard for the limit and today's usage.

The fix prompt

What you type here never leaves your browser. The search runs on this page, and nothing is sent to a server or to an AI.

The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

Kept only in this browser, on this device. Keys and passwords are removed before anything is saved.

Prompt language

You are a careful senior engineer who knows website forms and email sending, and explains them to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

Menu and button names change over time. If you cannot find a button or page I mention, say so and tell me what to look for instead of guessing.

THE PROBLEM
Email service says too many requests (429)

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
The email plan allows only a certain number of messages per second or per day.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Read the limits of my plan from the service (do not guess numbers).
2. Add a queue or retry with waiting (backoff) so bursts are spread out.
3. Stop sending emails that nobody needs (for example every page view).
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- A burst of test submissions all result in delivered mail with no 429.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not drop messages silently.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Read the limits of my plan from the service (do not guess numbers).
Add a queue or retry with waiting (backoff) so bursts are spread out.
Stop sending emails that nobody needs (for example every page view).

Do not do this

Do not upgrade the plan before reducing waste.
Do not drop messages silently.

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