Unable to update with "apt-get" getting "429 too many requests" error

Solution 1:

I just solved this problem with these steps:

  1. Open the terminal.

  2. Start your file manager with sudo, in my case it's nautilus:

    sudo nautilus
    
  3. Navigate to /etc/apt/sources.list.d.

  4. Delete the files packagecloud-shiftky-desktop.list and packagecloud-shiftky-desktop.list.save

Now it will not appear when you run sudo apt update.

Solution 2:

if you run into the issue use the manual option that is download the release here https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases. The cause of the error is that the url https://packagecloud.io/shiftkey/desktop/any/dists/any/InRelease has exceeded its allocated monthly bandwidth limit thats why its throwing a 429.