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pattern_id, title, category, severity, status, first_observed, last_updated, related_systems, related_solution_docs, related_skills
pattern_id title category severity status first_observed last_updated related_systems related_solution_docs related_skills
PAT-003 1Password CLI rate-limit is account-level — stop ESO, wait 1 hour tooling high active 2026-07 2026-08-30
rke2-kubernetes
docs/solutions/architecture/2026-07-24-1password-account-level-rate-limit.md
docs/solutions/bug-fixes/2026-07-14-1password-token-telegram-corruption.md
1password-cli

1Password CLI rate-limit is account-level — stop ESO, wait 1 hour

Symptom

All 1Password CLI (op) calls suddenly fail with rate-limit errors. This affects both Hermes tools and ExternalSecrets Operator (ESO) in K8s simultaneously. The outage lasts approximately 1 hour.

Root Cause

The 1Password CLI enforces rate limits at the account level, not per-token or per-client. When ESO polls aggressively (multiple SecretStores + frequent sync intervals), it exhausts the quota for the ENTIRE account, blocking all other op callers including Hermes automation.

Mitigation

  1. Stop ESO immediately — scale down the ESO deployment to halt API calls:
    kubectl scale deploy -n external-secrets external-secrets-operator --replicas=0
    
  2. Wait 1 hour — the rate limit resets automatically. No polling needed.
  3. Resume ESO with reduced polling frequency afterward

Prevention

  • Reduce ESO refreshInterval to 10+ minutes (not the default 1 minute)
  • Limit the number of SecretStores that reference 1Password
  • Consider caching secrets locally to reduce API pressure
  • Never run op in tight loops — always add delays for batch operations

Evidence

  • Hit twice: Jul 2026 (initial discovery) and during token corruption investigation
  • Solution doc: docs/solutions/architecture/2026-07-24-1password-account-level-rate-limit.md
  • MEMORY.md entry: "1P CLI:3 vaults R/W. Rate-limit=acct-level. Stop ESO, wait 1hr, no polling."