Azure Automation: "Message":"You have reached the limit of allowed JobsByName API calls.

Aaron Lang 16 Reputation points
2024-05-02T21:07:54.9433333+00:00

Hello, I am trying to start a runbook but am getting the following error

Start-AzAutomationRunbook : {"Message":"You have reached the limit of allowed JobsByName API calls. Please retry after..."

This Automation Account only has a single runbook that I have not used in a few weeks. I tried looking up if this was some kind of tier issue, but I don't see tier on the Automation Account as an option. Is that a subscription setting? Do all the Automation accounts share the "free" 500 minutes per month?

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  1. Aaron Lang 16 Reputation points
    2024-05-02T22:29:36.2066667+00:00

    Figured it out. There was throttling happening at the subscription level. The error is not very clear about exactly why it was failing.

    To find this I started to open a ticket via the support area in the portal. That runs the Subscription throttling diagnostic which found the issue and the calls being made.

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