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Zapier errors / Rate limit

Gmail error: Quota exceeded for quota metric 'Queries' (Queries per minute per user)

platform: Zapier / category: Rate limit

Cause

Multiple Zaps firing simultaneously exceeded Google's per-user Gmail API quota, so Gmail rate-limits Zapier's requests.

Fix

Reduce the number of Gmail-triggered/action Zaps running concurrently and remove unnecessary Gmail steps. Replay throttled runs from Zap History after the per-minute quota resets (~60s). For sustained volume, use a Google Workspace account which has higher Gmail API limits than a personal account.

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