AWS: An error occurred (Throttling) when calling

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When working with AWS, one might encounter errors related to throttling, such as:

Error: An error occurred (Throttling) when calling the GenerateServiceLastAccessedDetails operation (reached max retries: 4): Rate exceeded

This error occurs when an AWS service has throttled your activity: the number of API requests made for that particular account and region have exceeded the rate limit allowed for that particular service.

10/10/2024