{"record":{"id":"30010e297b43a162","repo":"Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT","slug":"insufficient-credits-to-reset-your-rate-limit","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Insufficient credits to reset your rate limit.","messagePattern":"Insufficient credits to reset your rate limit\\.","errorType":"http","errorClass":"HTTPException","httpStatus":402,"severity":"warning","filePath":"autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/features/chat/routes.py","lineNumber":1108,"sourceCode":"        # won't help — the user would still be blocked by the weekly limit.\n        if weekly_limit > 0 and usage_status.weekly.used >= weekly_limit:\n            raise HTTPException(\n                status_code=400,\n                detail=\"Your weekly limit is also reached. Resetting the daily limit won't help.\",\n            )\n\n        # Charge credits.\n        credit_model = await get_user_credit_model(user_id)\n        try:\n            remaining = await credit_model.spend_credits(\n                user_id=user_id,\n                cost=cost,\n                metadata=UsageTransactionMetadata(\n                    reason=\"CoPilot daily rate limit reset\",\n                ),\n            )\n        except InsufficientBalanceError as e:\n            raise HTTPException(\n                status_code=402,\n                detail=\"Insufficient credits to reset your rate limit.\",\n            ) from e\n\n        # Reset daily usage in Redis.  If this fails, refund the credits\n        # so the user is not charged for a service they did not receive.\n        if not await reset_daily_usage(user_id, daily_cost_limit=daily_limit):\n            # Compensate: refund the charged credits as a GRANT (no Stripe\n            # charge — TOP_UP is reserved for real user-initiated checkouts).\n            refunded = False\n            try:\n                await credit_model.grant_credits(\n                    user_id,\n                    cost,\n                    \"Refund for failed CoPilot rate-limit reset\",\n                )\n                refunded = True\n                logger.warning(","sourceCodeStart":1090,"sourceCodeEnd":1126,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/blob/9c8bb5550f446ba5d3046b78896578742495b3cf/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/features/chat/routes.py#L1090-L1126","documentation":"HTTP 402 from POST /usage/reset (routes.py:1108). After all eligibility checks pass, the endpoint charges the user via credit_model.spend_credits (metadata reason 'CoPilot daily rate limit reset'). If the user's balance is below the reset cost, spend_credits raises InsufficientBalanceError which is mapped to 402. No credits are moved.","triggerScenarios":"User balance < config.rate_limit_reset_cost (default 500 credits/cents) at the moment of the charge; a race where a concurrent turn drained the balance between the UI check and the reset call.","commonSituations":"Free-tier users with small balances seeing the reset option; balance displayed in a different unit than the cost (credits vs cents); concurrent CoPilot activity spending the balance first.","solutions":["Top up credits (purchase flow) and retry the reset.","Client-side: compare the user's current balance against rate_limit_reset_cost (both exposed via the credit/usage endpoints) and disable or annotate the reset button when insufficient.","Handle 402 as a distinct 'payment required' case in the client — do not retry automatically."],"exampleFix":"// before\nawait post('/chat/usage/reset'); // 402 surprises users\n\n// after — pre-check balance\nif (balance < usage.rate_limit_reset_cost) {\n  showTopUpPrompt();\n} else {\n  await post('/chat/usage/reset');\n}","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// pre-check balance against the known reset cost\nconst [balance, usage] = await Promise.all([getBalance(), getUsageStatus()]);\nif (balance < usage.rate_limit_reset_cost) {\n  showTopUpPrompt(usage.rate_limit_reset_cost - balance);\n} else {\n  await post('/chat/usage/reset');\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try { await post('/chat/usage/reset'); } catch (e) { if (e.status === 402) { redirectToTopUp(); return; } throw e; }","preventionTips":["Compare balance and cost in the same units (credits/cents) before enabling the button","Handle 402 as a distinct payment-required path — never auto-retry","Refresh balance after any concurrent spend before paid actions"],"tags":["http","credits","billing","rate-limit","fastapi"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"9c8bb5550f446ba5d3046b78896578742495b3cf","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T17:17:21.957Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T17:31:12.345Z"}