x-ratelimit-reset-requests · x-ratelimit-reset-tokens · 6m0s

OpenAI x-ratelimit-reset headers are durations like 6m0s, not seconds · id PC-018 · checked_on 2026-10-31 · license CC-BY-4.0

Error strings

Situation

You read x-ratelimit-reset-requests or x-ratelimit-reset-tokens from an OpenAI response.

Symptom

Parsing the value as a number fails.

Cause

The reset headers contain a duration string such as 1s or 6m0s, while Retry-After is a number of seconds.

Fix

Parse the duration format, or prefer Retry-After when it is present.

Snippet

# parse values like 1s, 6m0s: minutes, seconds (and possibly hours) suffixes

Verify

Convert '6m0s' to 360 seconds and compare with the Retry-After header when present.

Source

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/rate-limits

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