Error 429 vs Error 500

[arunnambiar2]

I am a newbie to APIGEE platform and following the 4MV4D videos to learn the product specifics,

In most examples, I see that the instructor gets back a 500 response code for negative cases, whereas on my evaluation license I receive error code 429. Can somebody explain the difference in behavior for my user ?

[sidd-harth]

You get error 429 when you are using and exceed the Traffic management policies like Spike Arrest and Quota policies.

Can you provide your error response here and explain what are you trying to do?

[arunnambiar2]

Thanks Siddharth - I am doing the Conditional Quota Count sample example

(Apigee Edge - 4MV4D - Quota Policy - Conditional Quota Count - S02E09)

where Anil Sagar receives 500 Error for the same. Why do I receive 429 for my login ?

[sidd-harth]

Ok those videos are old and at that time apigee was by default giving 500 errors for Quota policy.

But now apigee has changed it and sending the correct 429 status code.

[arunnambiar2]

Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks for your time