GraphQL return "RATE_LIMIT" and not "RATE_LIMITED" when you reach the rate limit

[jarenere]

Hi,

I'm using the GitHubKit library, and the client is based on OctoKit. I've noticed that when the rate limit is reached in GraqhQL, the error returned is RATE_LIMIT instead of RATE_LIMITED.

Your client expects the string RATE_LIMITED

plugin-throttling.js/src/index.ts

Line 162 in 5bcf43e

(error: any) => error.type === "RATE_LIMITED",

I've attached a couple of traces with different queries in GraphQL.

Request/Response migration query

Request Headers: {'host': 'api.github.com', 'accept-encoding': 'gzip, deflate', 'connection': 'keep-alive', 'user-agent': 'GitHubKit/Python', 'accept': 'application/vnd.github+json', 'content-length': '429', 'content-type': 'application/json', 'authorization': 'token xxxx'}
Request Body: b'{"query":"\\nquery($id: ID!) { \\n    node(id: $id) {\\n        ... on Migration {\\n            id,\\n            sourceUrl,\\n            migrationLogUrl,\\n            migrationSource {\\n                name\\n            },\\n            state,\\n            warningsCount,\\n            failureReason,\\n            repositoryName\\n        }\\n    } \\n}\\n","variables":{"id":"yyyy"}}'
Response Headers: {'date': 'Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:49:49 GMT', 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8', 'x-oauth-scopes': 'admin:org, repo, workflow', 'x-accepted-oauth-scopes': 'repo', 'x-github-media-type': 'github.v4; format=json', 'x-ratelimit-limit': '5000', 'x-ratelimit-remaining': '0', 'x-ratelimit-reset': '1767892233', 'x-ratelimit-used': '5018', 'x-ratelimit-resource': 'graphql', 'access-control-expose-headers': 'ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset', 'access-control-allow-origin': '*', 'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload', 'x-frame-options': 'deny', 'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff', 'x-xss-protection': '0', 'referrer-policy': 'origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin', 'content-security-policy': "default-src 'none'", 'vary': 'Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With', 'content-encoding': 'gzip', 'transfer-encoding': 'chunked', 'server': 'github.com', 'x-github-request-id': '4C25:1F1B3F:2B04832:26C1653:695FE02C'}
Response Body: {"errors":[{"type":"RATE_LIMIT","code":"graphql_rate_limit","message":"API rate limit already exceeded for user ID zzzzz."}]}

Request/Response list repo query

Request Headers: {'host': 'api.github.com', 'accept-encoding': 'gzip, deflate', 'connection': 'keep-alive', 'user-agent': 'GitHubKit/Python', 'accept': 'application/vnd.github+json', 'content-length': '163', 'content-type': 'application/json', 'authorization': 'token xxxx'}
Request Body: b'{"query":"\\nquery ($owner: String!, $repo: String!) {\\n  repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {\\n    name\\n  }\\n}\\n","variables":{"owner":"owner","repo":"repo"}}'
Response Headers: {'date': 'Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:21:18 GMT', 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8', 'x-oauth-scopes': 'admin:org, repo, workflow', 'x-accepted-oauth-scopes': 'repo', 'x-github-media-type': 'github.v4; format=json', 'x-ratelimit-limit': '5000', 'x-ratelimit-remaining': '0', 'x-ratelimit-reset': '1767896168', 'x-ratelimit-used': '5002', 'x-ratelimit-resource': 'graphql', 'access-control-expose-headers': 'ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset', 'access-control-allow-origin': '*', 'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload', 'x-frame-options': 'deny', 'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff', 'x-xss-protection': '0', 'referrer-policy': 'origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin', 'content-security-policy': "default-src 'none'", 'vary': 'Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With', 'content-encoding': 'gzip', 'transfer-encoding': 'chunked', 'server': 'github.com', 'x-github-request-id': '6042:18034E:2DBF8B5:29287C7:695FE78E'}
Response Body: {"errors":[{"type":"RATE_LIMIT","code":"graphql_rate_limit","message":"API rate limit already exceeded for user ID xxxx."}]}

Regards