# Anybody else getting Error 429?

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/anybody-else-getting-error-429/45954>\
**Category:** Bugs & Errors\
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/anybody-else-getting-error-429/45954 "2020-09-16T06:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kmurgs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kmurgs/32/7481_2.png) [@kmurgs](https://community.wanikani.com/u/kmurgs)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/anybody-else-getting-error-429/45954/1 "2020-09-16T06:53:55Z")

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help please I have reviews

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**Author:** ![Saida](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saida/32/348936_2.png) [@Saida](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saida)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/anybody-else-getting-error-429/45954/2 "2020-09-16T07:15:00Z")

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No, but maybe try it on mobile and see what happens?

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**Author:** ![NicoleIsEnough](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nicoleisenough/32/87285_2.png) [@NicoleIsEnough](https://community.wanikani.com/u/NicoleIsEnough)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/anybody-else-getting-error-429/45954/3 "2020-09-16T07:15:30Z")

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Sometimes a script can cause this. It means that you (well, your browser ofc) are trying to access the WK API more often than what they allow per minute. If you open the console, you might see a lot of accesses to WK and maybe you can identify the culprit that way…

I saw this a lot with the WK External Definition script; I adapted the original script and fixed these issues, so maybe this helps for you as well? You can find the new version here:

> [@\[Userscript\] WaniKani External Definition v0.6](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/34606):
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> [The original topic](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wanikani-external-definition-from-weblio-jp-and-kanjipedia/22834) for this script was closed for a while, so I created this new topic. It is now open again, so please head over to the original thread and post there! 
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> > **Original contents of this topic**
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> > On various WaniKani pages, the script displays information about kanji from Kanjipedia and information about vocab words from Weblio. This script was originally developed by polv who is no longer using WaniKani and therefore cannot test new versions of the script. That’s why I decided to continu…

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**Author:** ![kmurgs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kmurgs/32/7481_2.png) [@kmurgs](https://community.wanikani.com/u/kmurgs)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/anybody-else-getting-error-429/45954/4 "2020-09-16T07:38:49Z")

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Interesting, thank you! I don’t use that specific script but I’ll do some testing and see which one is causing it

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/anybody-else-getting-error-429/45954/5 "2021-09-16T07:39:02Z")

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