{"version":"2.1.271","anchor":"dynamic-workflow-status-now-shows-a-rate-limit-pause-indicat","canonical_anchor":"workflow-agents-now-wait-out-rate-limits-instead-of-failing","heading":"Workflow agents now wait out rate limits instead of failing","tier":"notice","area":"Workflows","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.271\/e\/dynamic-workflow-status-now-shows-a-rate-limit-pause-indicat","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.271","markdown":"### Workflow agents now wait out rate limits instead of failing\n\nSpawned workflow agents now pause and wait for a rate limit to clear, with a status indicator, instead of failing immediately\n\n**What**\n\n- When a spawned workflow agent's API call fails with a rate-limit error, the workflow harness now recognizes it distinctly (an `apiError.kind` of `\"rate_limit\"`), shows the user the quota limits, and waits for the limit to clear before automatically retrying the call, instead of failing immediately.\n\n- If the user declines to wait, the workflow continues with a failure note; if the wait is aborted, or usage-limit waiting is disabled remotely, that's surfaced as a distinct outcome too.\n\n- The status bar\/UI gained a \"paused statuses\" display: a `rateLimitWait` state shows a warning-colored indicator and `pausedStatuses`, suppressing the normal phase text while a workflow is paused waiting on a rate limit.\n\n**Why**\n\nInstead of a workflow agent call failing outright when it hits a rate limit, it now pauses, shows the user why, and resumes automatically once the limit clears, avoiding unnecessary failures.\n\n- Area: Workflows\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}