# Rate Limit Exceeded error

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/rate-limit-exceeded-error/106692>\
**Category:** Product Help\
**Created:** [September 23, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/rate-limit-exceeded-error/106692 "2025-09-23T01:30:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jagmit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0075a9/32.png) [@jagmit](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/jagmit)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/rate-limit-exceeded-error/106692/1 "2025-09-23T01:30:56Z")

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Just downloaded Anaconda and tried to create an environment. Got a “rate limit exceeded” error. What gives ? I do work in a large govt. funded lab. Is it possibly checking IP addresses and flagging me as a commercial customer ?

(base) fakename@fakecpu ~ % conda create --name demo1

**1 channel Terms of Service accepted**

Channels:

- defaults

Platform: osx-64

Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): failed

CondaHTTPError: HTTP 429 TERMS OF SERVICE RATE LIMIT EXCEEDED for url [https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64/repodata.json](https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64/repodata.json)

Elapsed: 00:06.129338

CF-RAY: 983639ccda9ff7dd-LAX

Your usage of the Anaconda package repository exceeds our rate limits. Please see [TOS Access | Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/tos-access)

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**Author:** ![Lilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2df01/32.png) [@Lilly](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/rate-limit-exceeded-error/106692/2 "2025-09-26T22:42:30Z")

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Hi! Anaconda support can help you look into this. You can submit a request on this site: [https://support.anaconda.com/hc/en-us](https://support.anaconda.com/hc/en-us) (Submit a request at the top right). They’ll be able to look at the IP 🙂

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**Author:** ![jagmit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0075a9/32.png) [@jagmit](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/jagmit)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/rate-limit-exceeded-error/106692/3 "2025-09-29T21:44:52Z")

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I figured it out. Anaconda has turned on a license requirement for our good-sized lab. Hence the error. I guess I’ll have to NOT use Anaconda from now on.