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

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC · Resolved: 2026-06-11 17:42 UTC · Duration: 3.3 h
- Updates: 4 · Affected components: Agentic Inference Cloud - Model Services, Model Services
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/r8mzkb94pf9g](https://stspg.io/r8mzkb94pf9g)
- [Company: DigitalOcean](https://rewindex.com/company/digitalocean.md)

## 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)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC: We are currently facing issues with Gradient AI DeepSeek V4 Pro is returning HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded"
- **investigating** 2026-06-11 14:30 UTC: We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- **identified** 2026-06-11 14:31 UTC: The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- **resolved** 2026-06-11 17:42 UTC: This incident has been resolved.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-06-11 14:24 UTC: [Major incident: DeepSeek V4 Pro is returning HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded"](https://rewindex.com/change/i0733aa7e0ebed4.md)


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