# Whoami rate limited

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**Created:** [February 9, 2025, 12:42am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fwhoami-rate-limited%2F139783 "2025-02-09T00:42:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![iNeil77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/ineil77/32/40698_2.png) [@iNeil77](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FiNeil77)%5C
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 12:42am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fwhoami-rate-limited%2F139783%2F1 "2025-02-09T00:42:11Z")

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My [account](https://huggingface.co/iNeil77) is hamstrung by rate limits regardless of which operation I perform, making it impossible to perform any operations on the HF platform. I have waited a few hours, but the issue persists across hours of no usage. I suspect because at its core I have been rate limited from the whoami-v2 API, which is necessary for all other operations.

While it is understandable that rate limits may be in play for heavy operations like uploading large datasets or models to the hub, I am currently facing rate limits for simple operations which are never performed in bulk, like:

1. `huggingface-cli login`

```shell
(Inference) ig00dani@cfdebd1326d1:/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/hf_cache$ huggingface-cli login

    _| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_|_| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_|_|
    _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|
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    _| _| _|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _|_|_| _| _| _|_|_| _| _| _| _|_|_| _|_|_|_|

    To log in, `huggingface_hub` requires a token generated from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens .
Enter your token (input will not be visible): 
Add token as git credential? (Y/n) n
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_http.py", line 406, in hf_raise_for_status
    response.raise_for_status()
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 1024, in raise_for_status
    raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://huggingface.co/api/whoami-v2

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/hf_api.py", line 1633, in whoami
    hf_raise_for_status(r)
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_http.py", line 477, in hf_raise_for_status
    raise _format(HfHubHTTPError, str(e), response) from e
huggingface_hub.errors.HfHubHTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://huggingface.co/api/whoami-v2

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/bin/huggingface-cli", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/commands/huggingface_cli.py", line 57, in main
    service.run()
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/commands/user.py", line 153, in run
    login(
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_deprecation.py", line 101, in inner_f
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_deprecation.py", line 31, in inner_f
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/_login.py", line 130, in login
    interpreter_login(new_session=new_session)
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_deprecation.py", line 101, in inner_f
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_deprecation.py", line 31, in inner_f
    return f(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/_login.py", line 290, in interpreter_login
    _login(token=token, add_to_git_credential=add_to_git_credential)
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/_login.py", line 404, in _login
    token_info = whoami(token)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_validators.py", line 114, in _inner_fn
    return fn(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir/Mambaforge/envs/Inference/lib/python3.11/site-packages/huggingface_hub/hf_api.py", line 1635, in whoami
    raise HTTPError(
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: Invalid user token. If you didn't pass a user token, make sure you are properly logged in by executing `huggingface-cli login`, and if you did pass a user token, double-check it's correct.
(Inference) ig00dani@cfdebd1326d1:/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/hf_cache$ 

```

1. `hugginface-cli whoami`

```shell
(Inference) ig00dani@cfdebd1326d1:/pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/IP_WorkDir$ huggingface-cli whoami
Invalid user token. If you didn't pass a user token, make sure you are properly logged in by executing `huggingface-cli login`, and if you did pass a user token, double-check it's correct.
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    <div>
        <h1>429</h1>
        <p>We had to rate limit you. If you think it's an error, send us <a href="mailto:website@huggingface.co">an email</a></p>
    </div>
</main>
</body>
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```

Please suggest ASAP how can I fix this?

### Reproduction

_No response_

### System info

```shell
- huggingface_hub version: 0.27.1
- Platform: Linux-4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.31
- Python version: 3.11.11
- Running in iPython ?: No
- Running in notebook ?: No
- Running in Google Colab ?: No
- Running in Google Colab Enterprise ?: No
- Token path ?: /pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/hf_cache/token
- Has saved token ?: False
- Configured git credential helpers: 
- FastAI: N/A
- Tensorflow: N/A
- Torch: 2.5.1
- Jinja2: 3.1.5
- Graphviz: N/A
- keras: N/A
- Pydot: N/A
- Pillow: 10.4.0
- hf_transfer: 0.1.9
- gradio: N/A
- tensorboard: N/A
- numpy: 1.26.4
- pydantic: 2.10.6
- aiohttp: 3.11.11
- ENDPOINT: https://huggingface.co
- HF_HUB_CACHE: /pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/hf_cache/hub
- HF_ASSETS_CACHE: /pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/hf_cache/assets
- HF_TOKEN_PATH: /pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/hf_cache/token
- HF_STORED_TOKENS_PATH: /pfss/mlde/workspaces/mlde_wsp_PI_Gurevych/hf_cache/stored_tokens
- HF_HUB_OFFLINE: False
- HF_HUB_DISABLE_TELEMETRY: False
- HF_HUB_DISABLE_PROGRESS_BARS: None
- HF_HUB_DISABLE_SYMLINKS_WARNING: False
- HF_HUB_DISABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_WARNING: False
- HF_HUB_DISABLE_IMPLICIT_TOKEN: False
- HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER: True
- HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT: 10
- HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT: 10

```

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**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:09am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fwhoami-rate-limited%2F139783%2F2 "2025-02-09T04:09:18Z")

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> We had to rate limit you. If you think it's an error, send us [an email](mailto:website@huggingface.co)

It looks like you’re being restricted due to excessive requests. It’s possible that you sent a large number of requests in a short period of time, or that there was a large cumulative number of requests from your IP or an IP similar to yours. It could also be on an account-by-account basis. There’s no way to tell which it is other than to email HF and check according to the error message.

As a quick workaround that’s not very clean, I think changing both your IP and account would be the fastest way to do it.

[website@huggingface.co](mailto:website@huggingface.co)

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**Author:** ![iNeil77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/ineil77/32/40698_2.png) [@iNeil77](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FiNeil77)%5C
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fwhoami-rate-limited%2F139783%2F3 "2025-02-09T20:27:52Z")

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I have since ablated and figured out that the shared cluster I use has been blocked by HF. My account on other machines is still able to operate and other accounts on that same cluster cannot. Looks like I will have to mail them as you said.