Summary: When fetching configuration files from a GitHub repository, if a secondary rate limit is encountered (resulting in a 403 Forbidden or 429 Too Many Requests response), the system should automatically retry the request a specified number of times ("n" times) before notifying the user of the rate limit issue.​

Details: GitHub enforces rate limits to ensure fair usage of its API. When these limits are exceeded, GitHub responds with status codes 403 or 429, indicating that the client has been temporarily blocked due to excessive requests. To handle such scenarios gracefully, it is proposed that the system:​

Automatic Retries: Upon receiving a 403 or 429 response, the system should automatically retry the request up to "n" times before alerting the user.​

Utilize x-ratelimit-reset Header: The system should read the x-ratelimit-reset header from the GitHub response to determine when the rate limit will reset and schedule retries accordingly.

GitHub docs: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api?apiVersion=2022-11-28#exceeding-the-rate-limit