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Rate limit issues (GPT for Sheets)

Service invoked too many times

Problem: You are facing a rate limit error message from Google that indicates you've exceeded the daily limit for external service calls.

  • Quota for gmail.com accounts: 20k / day
  • Quota for Google Workspace accounts: 100k / day

Google's rate limits apply to all add-ons and scripts, not just ours. If you use multiple scripts or add-ons, your usage counts towards the same rate limits. It is not possible to increase them as explained here.

Solution
  • Quotas reset every 24 hours, so wait for the end of this period to regain access.
  • Use bulk tools to bypass this error, as they are not subject to Google's rate limits.
  • You can use GPT for Excel instead, as this add-in is not affected by Google's rate limits.

Token limit is reached

Problem: You are facing a rate limit error message from your AI provider that indicates you've reached your tokens per minute limit.

Solutions

Request limit is reached

Problem: You are facing a rate limit error message from your AI provider that indicates you've reached your requests per minute limit.

Solutions