Rate limit exceeded: 413 while sending direct message.

[abezruchenkov]

Hello everyone! I've encountered a strange issue with a 413 rate limit error, and I'm stuck. Please help!

I was tasked with creating a Signal bot to send announcements to my colleagues. I created the bot and successfully sent the initial message via script to about 100 new contacts. Everything worked fine — no limits or captchas.

However, yesterday I tried to send a test message to myself (I was also on the list) and received a "Rate limit exceeded: 413" error from the first message. Since then, I haven't been able to send any messages. Occasionally, on some numbers, I see a captcha challenge, but after resolving it, I get the same "Rate limit exceeded: 413" error again. All contacts are marked as TRUSTED_UNVERIFIED. Below is my detailed sending log:

signal-api@ca633098e843:/$ signal-cli -u +1234567890 -v send -m 'test message' +1234567891
2024-10-04T19:00:57.408Z [main] DEBUG org.asamk.signal.util.IOUtils - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, falling back to temp dir
2024-10-04T19:00:57.416Z [main] DEBUG org.asamk.signal.App - Starting signal-cli 0.13.5
2024-10-04T19:00:57.490Z [main] DEBUG org.asamk.signal.util.IOUtils - XDG_DATA_HOME not set, falling back to home dir
2024-10-04T19:00:57.734Z [main] INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Starting...
2024-10-04T19:00:57.815Z [main] INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool - HikariPool-1 - Added connection org.sqlite.jdbc4.JDBC4Connection@1522d8a0
2024-10-04T19:00:57.817Z [main] INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Start completed.
2024-10-04T19:00:59.239Z [main] WARN LibSignal - [PhoneNumberFormatter]: Got local CC: UA
2024-10-04T19:00:59.682Z [main] INFO LibSignal - [SignalServiceMessageSender]: [sendMessage][1728068459245] Pipe unavailable, falling back... (WebSocketUnavailableException: WebSocket not currently available.)
2024-10-04T19:00:59.821Z [main] WARN o.a.signal.manager.helper.SendHelper - Sending failed due to rate limiting from the signal server: [413] Rate limit exceeded: 413
Failed to send (some) messages:
+380637178066: Network failure for "+1234567891"
1728068459245
2024-10-04T19:00:59.834Z [main] INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Shutdown initiated...
2024-10-04T19:00:59.836Z [main] INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Shutdown completed.
2024-10-04T19:00:59.837Z [msl-cleanup] DEBUG o.a.s.m.s.s.MessageSendLogStore - Stopping msl cleanup thread
Failed to send message due to rate limiting
org.asamk.signal.manager.api.RateLimitException: Rate limit
at org.asamk.signal.util.SendMessageResultUtils.outputResult(SendMessageResultUtils.java:61)
at org.asamk.signal.commands.SendCommand.handleCommand(SendCommand.java:246)
at org.asamk.signal.commands.CommandHandler.handleLocalCommand(CommandHandler.java:35)
at org.asamk.signal.App.handleLocalCommand(App.java:278)
at org.asamk.signal.App.handleCommand(App.java:179)
at org.asamk.signal.App.init(App.java:144)
at org.asamk.signal.Main.main(Main.java:56)

[jonabert]

I have similar problems, did you find a solution/workaround?

[abezruchenkov]

I have similar problems, did you find a solution/workaround?

Nope( The only workaround we've found - to use another phone number..

[jonabert]

ok, but they reset automatically after some time, so why would you get another number?

[abezruchenkov]

ok, but they reset automatically after some time, so why would you get another number?

I wasn't able to wait till reset