# How to spread out import over longer timer to prevent running into rate limits of external services

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**Category:** Migration\
**Created:** [November 11, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-spread-out-import-over-longer-timer-to-prevent-running-into-rate-limits-of-external-services/285186 "2023-11-11T15:07:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-spread-out-import-over-longer-timer-to-prevent-running-into-rate-limits-of-external-services/285186/3 "2023-11-12T16:17:47Z")

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Is there a way to find the bad posts, so that I can specifically rebuild those? I know I can rebake all via rake. But that will then start with the same posts always and run into the rate limit before reaching the bad ones.

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