Keep Getting "Download failed - Got status code 429" | Home Assistant | Page 1

robust rose Oct 27, 2025, 6:29 PM

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Since yesterday, I keep getting this response from Github in what seems to be very randomly. I am able to download a few add-ons, but others just keep getting the same (as shown in the log). I haven't been hitting GitHub hard by any means (not knowingly at least!), I even waited overnight in case the 429 would go away, but it didn't happen.

Any ideas of what might be going on, and how to fix it?

Here's an example of what I see in my logs:

`This error originated from a custom integration.

Logger: custom_components.hacs
Source: custom_components/hacs/base.py:709
integration: HACS (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 3:08:29 PM (30 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:24:56 PM

Download failed - Got status code 429 when trying to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bramkragten/weather-card/v1.5.0/dist/weather-card.js
Download failed - Got status code 429 when trying to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Clooos/Bubble-Card/v3.0.4/dist/bubble-card.js
Download failed - Got status code 429 when trying to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Clooos/Bubble-Card/v3.0.4/dist/bubble-card.js.LICENSE.txt
Download failed - Got status code 429 when trying to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Clooos/Bubble-Card/v3.0.4/dist/bubble-pop-up-fix.js
Download failed - Got status code 429 when trying to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Clooos/Bubble-Card/v3.0.4/dist/bubble-modules-example.yaml
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/config/custom_components/hacs/base.py", line 709, in async_download_file
raise HacsException(
...<2 lines>...
)
custom_components.hacs.exceptions.HacsException: Got status code 429 when trying to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thomasloven/lovelace-card-mod/v3.4.5/card-mod.js`

gray sequoia Oct 27, 2025, 7:52 PM

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/429

MDN Web Docs

429 Too Many Requests - HTTP | MDN

The HTTP 429 Too Many Requests client error response status code indicates the client has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.
This mechanism of asking the client to slow down the rate of requests is commonly called "rate limiting".

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GitHub seems to think your IP address is making too many calls to their endpoints.

robust rose Oct 27, 2025, 8:19 PM

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Right, but I am not (not knowingly at least), that's my problem! Could there be something happening in the background I'm not seeing that's generating all these GitHub calls? If so, is there a way to tell? I can't think of anything else I'm running on my house that would be hitting GitHub constantly.

limpid yarrow Oct 27, 2025, 8:44 PM

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If you just loaded HACS custom integration, it makes a lot of calls to GitHub to load the list to filter thru.
Try again in a hour or two.

gray sequoia Oct 27, 2025, 9:28 PM

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robust rose Right, but I am not (not knowingly at least), that's my problem! Could there be ...

if you have any way to monitor network traffic, even a pihole that's doing reporting on if any given machine is doing a ton of dns lookups for raw.githubusercontent.com, that'd be how to start looking. but as mentioned, if you've been doing a bunch in HACS, that's probably the explanation right there

random dragon Oct 27, 2025, 9:40 PM

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Or just

apk add tcpdump
tcpdump -i any -s 1024 port 53

robust rose Oct 28, 2025, 12:30 AM

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I'll give tcpdump a try and see. Is there such a thing as limits per repo in GitHub? I just tried downloading something else from HACS and that worked, but went back and tried Bubble-Card and got the same 429 error again. I'd imagine limits are set by IP, regardless of the repo you are hitting, but perhaps that particular repo is giving problems?

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Well...this might be the case. I just tried hitting https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bramkragten/weather-card/v1.5.0/dist/weather-card.js from my cell (not connected to wifi of course) and get the same 429 error. Perhaps it's got something to do with that specific repo rather than me/my IP being throttled, or my whole region for that matter 🤔

gray sequoia Oct 28, 2025, 2:25 AM

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I just tested those files, two rounds back to back, and didn't get limited. but it's also been hours

robust rose Oct 28, 2025, 12:27 PM

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Thanl you @gray sequoia! I just tried it now (several hours later) and still getting a 429 from GitHub...it's got to be something else then, perhaps son sort of regional limit or something like that (I'm based in Chile). Oh well...I guess I'll give it a couple of days and try again to see what happens. Thank you everyone!

#Keep Getting "Download failed - Got status code 429"