# What is rate limit and how to change it?

**URL:** <https://community.deriv.com/t/what-is-rate-limit-and-how-to-change-it/60039>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Created:** [July 1, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/what-is-rate-limit-and-how-to-change-it/60039 "2023-07-01T06:01:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brichen-abrades-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@brichen-abrades-2](https://community.deriv.com/u/brichen-abrades-2)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/what-is-rate-limit-and-how-to-change-it/60039/1 "2023-07-01T06:01:02Z")

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Hello supporters,  
When my bot is running, I usually hit the error message “You have reached rate limit of proposal open contract”. What its meaning and how to fix it?  
Thank you.  
Bui

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**Author:** ![Sivapria\_deriv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.deriv.com/sivapria_deriv/32/5512_2.png) [@Sivapria\_deriv](https://community.deriv.com/u/Sivapria_deriv)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/what-is-rate-limit-and-how-to-change-it/60039/2 "2023-07-02T05:24:44Z")

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Hi @brichen-abrades-2. Thank you for joining our community! In regards to your inquiry, perhaps you have opened too many tabs in your Dbot. You may also refer to the article below for more information.

> [@Error message in Dbot: Rate limit of requests per second](https://community.deriv.com/t/error-message-in-dbot-rate-limit-of-requests-per-second/38100):
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> [Error message] Hi Deriv Community, If you’re receiving the error message as above, it’s because you have reached the rate limit of requests per second. What does this mean? The mentioned error message appears when users send too many requests, by which you’re running multiple bots in different browsers. This includes opening multiple tabs in the same internet browser and running multiple bots at the same time. The error message may also populate in the Journal section which looks like this…

If the issue still persists, kindly contact us via Live Chat and we will be more than happy to assist you. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![archest-adverse-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@archest-adverse-2](https://community.deriv.com/u/archest-adverse-2)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/what-is-rate-limit-and-how-to-change-it/60039/3 "2023-07-17T03:00:21Z")

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**Author:** ![Sivapria\_deriv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.deriv.com/sivapria_deriv/32/5512_2.png) [@Sivapria\_deriv](https://community.deriv.com/u/Sivapria_deriv)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/what-is-rate-limit-and-how-to-change-it/60039/4 "2023-07-17T04:13:14Z")

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Hi @archest-adverse-2, thank you for reaching out to us. In regards to your inquiry, kindly be informed that you may refer to the e-books available in the article below:

> [@Ebook for download](https://community.deriv.com/t/ebook-for-download/33625):
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However, if you do have any issues, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via LiveChat, for better assistance and protection of your account’s data. We’ll work with you to resolve any issues as quickly as possible. Thank you.

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>
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