You will be blocked from sending more requests until enough time has passed to “cool down” the rate.🔹 Visual Example You’re allowed to send 5 requests per second, but you’re also allowed to send up to 20 requests at once — that’s your max burst. Here’s what happens: 1. At 0 seconds: You send 20 requests all at once — that’s okay, you’re using your max burst. 2. What now? You’ve just used up what you’d normally send over 4 seconds (because 5 requests per second × 4 seconds = 20 requests). 3. So you need to wait: You must now wait at least 4 full seconds before sending any more requests, or the server will block or delay your next ones. 4. If you wait less than 4 seconds (like 2 or 3): The server will see that you’re going over the allowed rate, and it will start rejecting or slowing down your requests. ✅ Summary After sending a burst of 20 requests, you must wait 4 seconds before sending more, so your average request rate stays within the allowed 5 per second.