---
title: "token_quota_exceeded — key token quota exhausted"
url: https://lumean.app/de/developers/docs/errors/token-quota-exceeded
locale: de
description: "The order was not created. This is the only 429 with a detailed body: `window` (the first window violated), `limit`, `used`, `requested`, `reset_at`, `retry_after`. It comes together with a `Retry-After` header."
generated: 2026-10-17
---

# token_quota_exceeded — key token quota exhausted

- HTTP: `429`

- `reason`: `token_quota_exceeded`

- `Retry-After`-Header: ja

## Was passiert ist

The order was not created. This is the only 429 with a detailed body: `window` (the first window violated), `limit`, `used`, `requested`, `reset_at`, `retry_after`. It comes together with a `Retry-After` header.

## Warum

The quota counts tokens, not requests — the accounting unit for the volume of work done by the service (this is NOT money and NOT LMC). The `per_minute` / `per_hour` / `per_day` / `per_month` windows come from the `limits.tokens.*` of your key. The check happens BEFORE creation: on `POST /orders` — against the estimate, on `POST /orders/{order}/retry` — against the sum of the original chunks, on `regenerate` — against the new text.

## Was zu tun ist

Wait until `reset_at` — or `retry_after` seconds; it is the same value. The presence of `Retry-After` is exactly how you tell this case apart from the key rate limit, which has no such header at all. If you cannot wait, reduce `requested`: split the text into parts so that each one fits into what remains in the window (`limit − used`).

## Nächste Anfrage

The same request once `Retry-After` has elapsed. The active windows of the key are visible in the developer section (`limits.tokens.*`); a key without token limits is not limited by volume at all.

## Verwandt

- [Guide: limits and the 429 code](https://lumean.app/de/developers/docs/guide/limits)
- [429 — all five sources](https://lumean.app/de/developers/docs/errors/429)
- [limit_exceeded — subscription limit, not key limit](https://lumean.app/de/developers/docs/errors/limit-exceeded)
- [POST /orders](https://lumean.app/de/developers/docs/api/post-orders)
- [My key limits](https://lumean.app/de/developers)

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- Diese Seite im Browser: https://lumean.app/de/developers/docs/errors/token-quota-exceeded
- Vollständige maschinenlesbare Referenz: https://api.lumean.app/docs/llm.md