Rate Limited — All Models Failed Cooldown

⚠️ The Problem

Your bot was working fine, then suddenly stops responding with: ``


Provider anthropic is in cooldown (all profiles unavailable) (rate_limit)
All models failed (2): anthropic/claude-opus-4-5: No available auth profile

`` The cooldown can last from minutes to hours.

🔍 Why This Happens

You've hit the API rate limits for your provider. This happens when: 1. Too many requests — Heavy usage exhausted your quota 2. Large context — Sending huge prompts counts against limits faster 3. Context overflow loop — A conversation got too long, causing repeated failures 4. Multiple clients — Other apps using the same API key

✅ The Fix

Wait for the cooldown to expire (usually 15-60 minutes for Anthropic).

Check your current auth status:

bash

openclaw models status --probe

To prevent this in the future, add a fallback model:

json

{  "agents": {    "defaults": {      "model": {        "primary": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",        "fallback": ["openai/gpt-4o", "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5"]      }    }  }}

Enable compaction to prevent context overflow:

bash

openclaw config set agents.defaults.compaction.mode safeguard

If you have heavy usage, consider adding multiple API keys (profiles).

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📋 Quick Commands

Command	Description
openclaw models status --probe	Check model availability
/new	Start a fresh session (in chat)
openclaw auth list	View configured auth profiles

Rate Limited — All Models Failed Cooldown

⚠️ The Problem

🔍 Why This Happens

✅ The Fix

📋 Quick Commands

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