# DigitalOcean: Major incident: DeepSeek V4 Pro is returning HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded"

**Summary:** DigitalOcean reported a major outage affecting Gradient AI DeepSeek V4 Pro, which returned HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded" errors in Agentic Inference Cloud - Model Services and Model Services. It started at 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC and was resolved at 2026-06-11 17:42 UTC, lasting 3 h 17 min; DigitalOcean identified the issue and implemented a fix without specifying details. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/r8mzkb94pf9g](https://stspg.io/r8mzkb94pf9g)
- [Company: DigitalOcean](https://rewindex.com/company/digitalocean.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:83/505mwh53nwl2@bae209aae1b2
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ DeepSeek V4 Pro is returning HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded"
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-06-11 17:42 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Agentic Inference Cloud - Model Services, Model Services
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC

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+ We are currently facing issues with Gradient AI DeepSeek V4 Pro is returning HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded"
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**8. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-06-11 14:30 UTC

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+ We are continuing to investigate this issue.
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**9. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-06-11 14:31 UTC

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+ The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
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**10. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-06-11 17:42 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC | Major incident: DeepSeek V4 Pro is returning HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded" (this change) | outage |

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