Model error diagnosis

Inception: Mercury 2 | model rate limited

Inception: Mercury 2 returning 429 / model rate limited means you should first confirm whether model ID inception/mercury-2 is visible for this Inception key, then separate permission, context, capability, rate limit, or route issues.

Model

inception/mercury-2

Inception: Mercury 2

Provider

Inception

3 models in catalog

Error type

model rate limited

rate-limited

Status code

429

global model route

Model error summary

Model

inception/mercury-2

Error type

rate-limited

Status code

429

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What this model error usually means

Inception: Mercury 2 returning 429 / model rate limited means you should first confirm whether model ID inception/mercury-2 is visible for this Inception key, then separate permission, context, capability, rate limit, or route issues.

Model: inception/mercury-2
Provider: Inception
Status code: 429

How to prove it during checking

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List models: confirm whether inception/mercury-2 is actually visible instead of guessing from the display name.
Light probe: use minimal input to verify whether Inception returns the same 429, then record the error body.
Compare model facts: context 128,000, input $0.250, output $0.750.
supports include_reasoning
supports max_tokens
supports reasoning
supports response_format

Next action

Inception: Mercury 2 model rate limited should not end at failed. Return the next move: change model ID, add permission, reduce context, disable unsupported capability, change route, monitor, or hold listing.

Context: 128,000
Price: $0.250 / $0.750
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