used too much graphql api get rate limited

[althafdemiandra]

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📝 Description

gitify version: 6.15.0
os: macos sequoia 15.16.1
login method: personal access token generated from gitify link

so i've been getting rate limited GraphQL: API rate limit already exceeded for user ID since last friday.

so i take action by revoking all of my access tokens, github apps, and oauth apps and it worked and not getting rate limited in the weekend.

this morning i tried to login to gitify and suddenly the used graphql api jumped from 2 to 2222 in just few minutes after i logged in to gitify with newly created personal access token

i believe this was happening after i updated my gitify, and the usage stopped after i logged out from gitify

🪜 Steps To Reproduce

1. check gh api rate_limit before logging in to gitify
2. login to gitify with personal access token
3. check gh api rate_limit again after few seconds/minutes

🪵 Log Excerpts

log right after i logged in with PAT

[2026-01-19 08:58:22.963] [error] [enrichNotifications] Failed to fetch merged notification details AxiosError: Request failed with status code 504
    at Ie (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1836219)
    at XMLHttpRequest.v (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1840664)
    at ct.request (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1849368)
    at async t.fetchNotificationDetailsForList (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1332379)
    at async u (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1857062)
    at async file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1856482
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async t.getAllNotifications (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1856152)
    at async file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:254099
[2026-01-19 08:59:02.662] [error] [enrichNotifications] Failed to fetch merged notification details AxiosError: Request failed with status code 502
    at Ie (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1836219)
    at XMLHttpRequest.v (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1840664)
    at ct.request (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1849368)
    at async t.fetchNotificationDetailsForList (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1332379)
    at async u (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1857062)
    at async file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1856482
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async t.getAllNotifications (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1856152)
    at async file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:254099
[2026-01-19 09:00:00.565] [error] [enrichNotifications] Failed to fetch merged notification details AxiosError: Request failed with status code 504
    at Ie (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1836219)
    at XMLHttpRequest.v (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1840664)
    at ct.request (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1849368)
    at async t.fetchNotificationDetailsForList (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1332379)
    at async u (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1857062)
    at async file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1856482
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async t.getAllNotifications (file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:1856152)
    at async file:///Applications/Gitify.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/build/renderer.js:2:254099

Gitify Version

6.15.0

Operating System

macOS

GitHub Account

GitHub Cloud

📸 Screenshots

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[althafdemiandra]

for now i unchecked fetch all notifications and fetch detailed notifications and its peaked at 700 usage

[setchy]

@althafdemiandra thanks for reporting with such detail.

From the log errors it looks like the merged graphql enrichment query is failing for your inbox, which fetches all inbox enrichment info in a few requests. When it fails, it'll fallback to enrichment calls per inbox notification. I'd be ken to understand why the merged query is failing for you

How many unread notifications do you have?

[setchy]

I'd be ken to understand why the merged query is failing for you

Could you open Developer Tools (Gitify menu >> right click >> Developer >> Toggle Developer Tools), switch to the network tab and see if there is anything noteworthy in the response for the FetchMergedNotifications GraphQL request

[althafdemiandra]

How many unread notifications do you have?

I had 1k+ unread notification coming from organization and i've already marked everything as read. now fetch all & fetch with details work without getting rate limited

Could you open Developer Tools (Gitify menu >> right click >> Developer >> Toggle Developer Tools), switch to the network tab and see if there is anything noteworthy in the response for the FetchMergedNotifications GraphQL request

i just looked at FetchMergedNotifications after notification cleared and its working just fine now. Sorry that i can't help you with the error request from the graphql api 😔

but now its working and im not getting rate limited anymore, thank you so much for your time!

[setchy]

Glad to hear. Sounds like you had quite the inbox.

My theory is the FetchMergedNotifications failed due to the size. When this merged query fails, we fallback to individual notification enrichment (~1000 graphql calls) and quite quickly it rate-limited itself.

In a "healthy" state, you should see at most 3 graphql api calls per fetch interval.