Salesforce limits the number of Long Running API requests in your org. Once this limit is exceeded, you may encounter Concurrent API Errors, caused by subsequent requests’ attempts to process whilst the limit is exceeded. By default this is typically set to 25 long running API calls over 20 seconds.
The Signature Success plan’s Proactive Monitoring product will monitor for, and alert you to, sustained volumes of these errors. This article outlines some scenarios to help you investigate should you receive an alert. In addition, on the Salesforce Help site Designated contacts and above can see your realtime metrics, alerts & more.
If you receive the following error message, your organization may experience performance issues and possible service disruptions.
Full error message text:
'ConcurrentRequests (Concurrent API Requests) Limit exceeded'
Concurrency issues of this type often arise due to:
Note: Concurrent API Errors may also contribute to Concurrent Apex and Connection Pool Errors, given the right circumstances.
Here are some common practices & resources that may help to resolve this error.
Help and Developer resources
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