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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Validation belongs on the client too. Amounts below Relay's minimum come back as

If you poll for status, widen the interval and stop polling once a request reaches a terminal status (`success`, `failure`, or `refund`). When you need many records at once, [`GET /requests/v3`](/references/api/get-requests) retrieves them in a single filtered call instead of one call per request ID.

If you receive a `429` response, retry the request after an exponential backoff. This will prevent you from hammering the API with requests that will likely fail again.

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## Replace polling with webhooks or websockets
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