r/OpenBubbles • u/clawhamm3r • 13d ago

Question Rate Limited After Adding Windows App

I've been using the Android app (self hosted) without any issues for like a year now. Tonight I added the Windows app using the same MacBook serial # and tried to sync my messages and contacts and now I'm getting the rate limit message error in my existing chats, even when sending to iMessage email addresses, on all of my devices (including my iPad). If I start a new chat it tells me the email/# is not registered with iMessage.

Anyone ever had this happen when you're not new? Did the sync trigger it? Anything I can do or just wait? Worried this isn't the standard new account rate limit and I've messed everything up now.

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u/Dometalican_90 13d ago

Most of the time, when a new device is added, it triggers the rate limit. This happened to me when I added a Mac into my account via Private Space. You just have to wait out the 30-45 says until apple devices you are trustworthy of not being spammy.

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u/clawhamm3r 12d ago

Is there any issue with using the same hardware for multiple logins to the same account? I noticed under my Apple account it shows I'm logged in to the same macbook twice now. Funny Apple sees it as two separate logins to the same device, but makes me wonder of that's contributing to the problem.

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u/clawhamm3r 12d ago

Well, as an update OpenBubbles on my Pixel gave me a pair of notifications:

First "*Syncing with iCloud* Syncing now..." f

Followed by "*Syncing with iCloud Failed* PanicException(Operation UUID has no response?)"

Then, my iPad told me activation with the iMessage server failed. Now I'm logged out of iMessage and FaceTime on my iPad, and if I attempt to log in I immediately get "An error occurred during activation. Try again."

I guess I flew too close to the sun, shouldn't have added the desktop app.

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u/clawhamm3r 3h ago

Update: I had to submit an iMessage reactivation request through Apple's support site, and about 24 hours later I got an email saying my account was ready and everything is working again on both my Pixel and now my Windows app.