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What causes latency spikes in OpenAI API calls during peak hours, and how can our backend engineers implement effective fallback strategies?

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What causes latency spikes in OpenAI API calls during peak hours, and how can our backend engineers implement effective fallback strategies?
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

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OpenAI API latency optimization guide time to first token rate limits retries exponential backoff official documentation Google ↗
OpenAI API rate limits guide 429 retry exponential backoff official Google ↗
OpenAI API production best practices latency caching streaming official Google ↗
OpenAI API status incidents latency peak demand official Google ↗
  1. Rate limits · developers.openai.com
  2. Troubleshooting API rate limits and 429 errors · help.openai.com
  3. Latency optimization · developers.openai.com
  4. API deployment checklist · developers.openai.com
  5. Troubleshooting API Errors and Latency · help.openai.com

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