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# Why do historical requests only partially arrive?

[Historical data requests](https://docs.tryterra.co/health-and-fitness-api/managing-user-health-data/requesting-historical-data) are processed asynchronously, so the API can return success while the upstream fetch later fails due to provider rate limits. Fitbit and Withings are especially strict.

To handle this:

* Add `retry_if_rate_limited=true` to the request.
* Keep historical windows to roughly a couple of weeks for those providers.
* Rely on automatic webhooks for ongoing data rather than large on-demand pulls.


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