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HTTP 409idempotency_in_progress

A request with this Idempotency-Key is still in progress

A request with this Idempotency-Key is still executing — the retry raced the original.

Likely causes

A retry fired before the first request finished.

How to fix

Wait briefly and retry with the same key — the stored result replays once the first call completes.
Use a short exponential backoff on retries.

Example response

application/problem+json

{
  "type": "https://nowgetitdone.com/docs/api/problems/idempotency-in-progress",
  "title": "A request with this Idempotency-Key is still in progress",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "idempotency_in_progress",
  "request_id": "req_a1b2c3d4"
}

The type field resolves to this page: https://nowgetitdone.com/docs/api/problems/idempotency-in-progress

Related

Idempotency →