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UX Improvement: Display a user-friendly message for GitHub API rate limit errors instead of raw JSON #72
Description
When a user hits GitHub's secondary rate limit, the application displays a raw JSON error directly on the page. This is a poor user experience and can confuse or frustrate users who don't understand API rate limiting.
Current Behavior
The error is shown as raw text, like this:
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GitHub API error 403: { "documentation_url": "...", "message": "You have exceeded a secondary rate limit. Please wait a few minutes before you try again..." }
Expected Behavior
Show a clean, friendly UI message that:
- Informs the user they've made too many requests
- Explains they just need to wait a few minutes - offering them helpful next steps (e.g., "Try again in 5 minutes" or "Sign in with GitHub for higher limits")
Activity
GowsiSM commentedon Sep 1, 2026
@arnabnandy7 I’d love to work on this issue. I’ve already set things up locally and looked through the relevant error handling flow.
Would you mind assigning this to me? I can work on the fix and open a PR soon. I’ll follow the existing shadcn/ui patterns for the error UI.
arnabnandy7 commentedon Sep 1, 2026
@GowsiSM sure please create a new branch from current default and also refresh the setup since I've merged another feature just now as part of #71
fix: integrate ErrorCard and add retry functionality for rate limits
Merge pull request #73 from GowsiSM/fix/rate-limit-error-ui