error 429 index now

Hello, I apologize for the inconvenience you are facing with the 429 error while using IndexNow. To address this issue, you can follow these steps:

1. Deselect Auto-Submission: Navigate to Rank Math SEO → Instant Indexing → Settings from your WordPress dashboard. Uncheck the Posts, Media, and Pages options under the Auto-Submit Post Types setting as shown in the screenshot below:

2. Change Your API Key: After deselecting auto-submission, you can change your API key by going to Rank Math SEO → Instant Indexing → IndexNow API Settings → API Key. Click on the Change Key button and save the changes. Then clear your website cache and wait a few hours before submitting another URL.

If the issue persists, it might be due to another site on your server using up the quota assigned to your shared IP address. In such cases, you may need to wait it out or contact your hosting provider.

If you need further assistance, feel free to contact our dedicated support team. We are available 24/7 to help you with any queries or concerns.

Thank you for reaching out, and we hope this helps resolve the 429 error with IndexNow API on your website. If you have any more questions, please let us know!

Sources:
How to Fix 429 Error with IndexNow API » Rank Math
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Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

When you see a 429 error it means that the IP address of your website is sending too many requests to the API.

Also, that error suggests that you are exhausting the quota limit for the number of publishing requests per day.

Can you please confirm if you have selected the Auto-Submit Post Types? If yes, the post will be automatically sent to the IndexNow API when a post is published, updated, or trashed.

However, if you have other websites on the same server or are on shared hosting, There’s a possibility that other websites may be using up the quota.

For some initial troubleshooting, you can change the API key and clear your website cache. Then wait for a few hours and try submitting another URL again.

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Hello,

We checked your website with IndexNow by Microsoft Bing plugin and we can see it is also showing the error:

So, we can confirm the issue is not related to our plugin but the API. In such a case, we can’t do much from our end.

We can only suggest you wait for a few hours and try submitting another URL again.

Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.