Implement Documenso rate limiting, backoff, and request throttling patterns. Use when handling rate limit errors, implementing retry logic, or optimizing API request throughput for Documenso. Trigger with phrases like "documenso rate limit", "documenso throttling", "documenso 429", "documenso retry", "documenso backoff".
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Documenso uses a fair-use rate limiting model. There are no published per-minute request quotas -- instead, limits are based on your plan's document allowance and general API fair use. The paid plans (Individual and Team) include unlimited signing and API volume. The free plan has a document limit. If you hit a 429, implement exponential backoff and request queuing.
documenso-install-auth setup| Plan | Documents | API Volume | Signing Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Limited (per plan) | Fair use | Fair use |
| Individual ($30/mo) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Self-Hosted | Unlimited | No limits | No limits |
Documenso explicitly does not price API usage -- they want developers to build on the platform without API cost concerns. The practical limit is abusive traffic patterns (thousands of requests per second).
// src/documenso/retry.ts
interface RetryConfig {
maxRetries: number;
baseDelayMs: number;
maxDelayMs: number;
}
const DEFAULTS: RetryConfig = { maxRetries: 5, baseDelayMs: 1000, maxDelayMs: 60000 };
export async function withRetry<T>(
fn: () => Promise<T>,
config: Partial<RetryConfig> = {}
): Promise<T> {
const { maxRetries, baseDelayMs, maxDelayMs } = { ...DEFAULTS, ...config };
let lastError: Error | undefined;
for (let attempt = 0; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) {
try {
return await fn();
} catch (err: any) {
lastError = err;
const status = err.statusCode ?? err.status;
// Don't retry client errors (except 429)
if (status && status >= 400 && status < 500 && status !== 429) {
throw err;
}
if (attempt === maxRetries) break;
// Exponential backoff with jitter
const delay = Math.min(baseDelayMs * 2 ** attempt, maxDelayMs);
const jitter = delay * (0.5 + Math.random() * 0.5);
console.warn(`Retry ${attempt + 1}/${maxRetries} in ${Math.round(jitter)}ms (status: ${status})`);
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, jitter));
}
}
throw lastError!;
}// src/documenso/queue.ts
import PQueue from "p-queue";
// Limit concurrency to avoid overwhelming the API
const queue = new PQueue({ concurrency: 5, interval: 1000, intervalCap: 10 });
export async function queuedRequest<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
return queue.add(fn) as Promise<T>;
}
// Usage: bulk document creation
async function createBulkDocuments(
client: Documenso,
items: Array<{ title: string; pdfPath: string }>
) {
const results = await Promise.allSettled(
items.map((item) =>
queuedRequest(async () => {
const doc = await client.documents.createV0({ title: item.title });
const pdf = readFileSync(item.pdfPath);
await client.documents.setFileV0(doc.documentId, {
file: new Blob([pdf], { type: "application/pdf" }),
});
return doc;
})
)
);
const succeeded = results.filter((r) => r.status === "fulfilled").length;
const failed = results.filter((r) => r.status === "rejected").length;
console.log(`Bulk create: ${succeeded} succeeded, ${failed} failed`);
return results;
}// src/documenso/circuit-breaker.ts
class CircuitBreaker {
private failures = 0;
private lastFailure = 0;
private state: "closed" | "open" | "half-open" = "closed";
constructor(
private threshold = 5, // failures before opening
private resetTimeMs = 30000 // time before half-open
) {}
async execute<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
if (this.state === "open") {
if (Date.now() - this.lastFailure > this.resetTimeMs) {
this.state = "half-open";
} else {
throw new Error("Circuit breaker is open — Documenso API unavailable");
}
}
try {
const result = await fn();
this.onSuccess();
return result;
} catch (err) {
this.onFailure();
throw err;
}
}
private onSuccess() {
this.failures = 0;
this.state = "closed";
}
private onFailure() {
this.failures++;
this.lastFailure = Date.now();
if (this.failures >= this.threshold) {
this.state = "open";
console.error(`Circuit breaker OPEN after ${this.failures} failures`);
}
}
}
// Usage
const breaker = new CircuitBreaker();
const doc = await breaker.execute(() => client.documents.findV0({ page: 1, perPage: 10 }));import time, random
def with_retry(fn, max_retries=5, base_delay=1.0):
for attempt in range(max_retries + 1):
try:
return fn()
except Exception as e:
status = getattr(e, "status_code", None)
if status and 400 <= status < 500 and status != 429:
raise
if attempt == max_retries:
raise
delay = min(base_delay * (2 ** attempt), 60)
jitter = delay * (0.5 + random.random() * 0.5)
print(f"Retry {attempt + 1}/{max_retries} in {jitter:.1f}s")
time.sleep(jitter)
# Usage
docs = with_retry(lambda: client.documents.find_v0(page=1, per_page=10))| Scenario | Response Code | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Rate limited | 429 | Exponential backoff with jitter |
| Server error | 500/502/503 | Retry up to 5 times |
| Documenso outage | Persistent 5xx | Circuit breaker, degrade gracefully |
| Auth error | 401/403 | Do NOT retry -- fix credentials |
For security configuration, see documenso-security-basics.
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