Can't access my inventory – “Too many requests” error

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muz 12 Jul @ 12:57pm

Hi, for the past few days I've been having an issue when trying to access my inventory through any method (client, website, or mobile app). I always get the following error:

Error
Sorry!
An error was encountered while processing your request.
You've made too many requests recently. Please wait and try your request again later.
Link to the Steam Community home page

I searched the community forums to see if anyone else had this problem, but I couldn’t find a clear solution.
Some people said it might be related to browser extensions. I tried disabling them, but the issue persists.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Is it just a matter of waiting or is there something I can do?

Thanks in advance!

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Originally posted by Ettanin:

You hit an API quota limit. This quota limit is IPv4 based. If restarting your router doesn't help, you'll have to wait it out.

IPv4 addresses are not unique anymore. As there are more humans (8 billion) than IPv4 addresses (4.2 billion), ISPs have chosen to route users together on an identical IPv4 address. This technique is known as CGNAT.[en.wikipedia.org]

For Valve's community market API this bundled together group of users looks like a single user.

If you waited several days to weeks, your only recourse is getting a public IPv4 address. It doesn't matter whether this one is static or dynamic. Ask your ISP on how to obtain one.

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Klinjimanjaro 6 Aug @ 11:45am

Hey, I have the same problem. Did it resolve itself on your end? I'm kinda afraid sth fishy is going on and some bots are scanning my inventory or some ♥♥♥♥.

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Ettanin 6 Aug @ 11:46am

SNOOBL 7 Aug @ 4:12am

Same for me, the past few days i can't even look at the inventory via web or program. I am doing no trading or mass actions at all. Router restart did not help.

squirrel 7 Aug @ 6:01am

It's been like this for a month or so for me, it happens on both browser and the steam client

Last edited by squirrel; 7 Aug @ 6:01am

whos joe ? good question 30 Aug @ 1:57pm

Originally posted by muz:
Hi, for the past few days I've been having an issue when trying to access my inventory through any method (client, website, or mobile app). I always get the following error:

Error
Sorry!
An error was encountered while processing your request.
You've made too many requests recently. Please wait and try your request again later.
Link to the Steam Community home page

I searched the community forums to see if anyone else had this problem, but I couldn’t find a clear solution.
Some people said it might be related to browser extensions. I tried disabling them, but the issue persists.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Is it just a matter of waiting or is there something I can do?

Thanks in advance!

I had the same thing happen to me - when i used a vpn it seems to have gone around the issue for now