[GH-ISSUE #633] [QUESTION] Does ratelimiting ever expire? #402

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Originally created by @nocturn9x on GitHub (Jan 31, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/633

I was happily using my whoogle instance up until today, when I noticed it got ratelimited. Is there anything I can do beside using Tor (which is slow) or proxies (which kinda defeat the purpose of a more private google)? Does the ratelimit ever expire?

Originally created by @nocturn9x on GitHub (Jan 31, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/633 I was happily using my whoogle instance up until today, when I noticed it got ratelimited. Is there anything I can do beside using Tor (which is slow) or proxies (which kinda defeat the purpose of a more private google)? Does the ratelimit ever expire?

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@benbusby commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2022):

It does expire, but there's no consistent amount of time that it takes to expire. I've seen ratelimiting stop after ~20-30 mins, or multiple hours or more. It seems dependent on how many people are using the Whoogle instance (more users seem to incur longer ratelimiting periods).

@benbusby commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2022): It does expire, but there's no consistent amount of time that it takes to expire. I've seen ratelimiting stop after ~20-30 mins, or multiple hours or more. It seems dependent on how many people are using the Whoogle instance (more users seem to incur longer ratelimiting periods).