fix: handle internal rate limiting message to prevent unknown error display

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatRow.tsx

@@ -1109,6 +1109,10 @@ export const ChatRowContent = ({
 							}
 						} else if (message.text.indexOf("Connection error") === 0) {
 							body = t("chat:apiRequest.errorMessage.connection")
+						} else if (message.text.toLowerCase().startsWith("rate limiting")) {
+							// Internal rate limiting (user-configured delay between requests)
+							// This is not an error - it's the configured rate limit working as expected
+							body = t("chat:apiRequest.errorMessage.internalRateLimit")
 						} else {
 							// Non-HTTP-status-code error message - store full text as errorDetails
 							body = t("chat:apiRequest.errorMessage.unknown")

webview-ui/src/i18n/locales/en/chat.json

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
 			"429": "Too many requests. You're being rate-limited by the provider. Please wait a bit before your next API call.",
 			"500": "Provider server error. Something is wrong on the provider side, there's nothing wrong with your request.",
 			"connection": "Connection error. Make sure you have a working internet connection.",
+			"internalRateLimit": "Waiting between requests. This delay is configured in your provider settings.",
 			"unknown": "Unknown API error. Please contact Roo Code support."
 		}
 	},