I'm developing a Google Chrome Extension that needs to create many bookmarks and folders.
My problem is, that I don't understand, how Chrome counts the write requests that are limited by the value of chrome.bookmarks.MAX_SUSTAINED_WRITE_OPERATIONS_PER_MINUTE.
Last week I created about 1000 bookmarks in a loop to test that limit - the bookmarks were all created and after it I could delete them with the API, too.
Today I also tested an extension, that synced all my ~500 bookmarks from Pinboard - without any problem.
But now (after some write operations while developing) I receive an error on every single write operation that tells me, that the limit has exceeded. Even after ~30min of waiting and not touching the API.
So my question is: how does Google count that operations / when does it block my operations? And why didn't it block i.e. the Pinboard-Extension?
Thank you in advance!
You were probably banned. Understand that chrome.bookmarks and chrome.storage involve usage of server-side resources via syncing. When you create a large number of requests, it doesn't affect just your own machine; it affects the sync servers, too.
Because the limit was put in place to protect against abuse/bugs and help provide a reliable service for all users, it's unlikely anyone will give you a better answer than the official documentation. Abusers would use that information to their advantage. I know you're not trying to abuse the sync service, but others might, which is why the real limits aren't published anywhere.