# "Period is blocked"? **URL:** \ **Category:** GraphQL API\ **Tags:** closed\ **Created:** [March 25, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930 "2022-03-25T20:14:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penko\_Mlakar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@Penko\_Mlakar](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Penko_Mlakar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/1 "2022-03-25T20:14:37Z")
Hi, yesterday I’ve noticed that I was unable to make requests on BitQuery and I was getting error 403 (Forbidden error). I’ve checked my profile and under the number of API calls I have left for the current period but I’ve noticed that I have the status “ **Period is blocked** ”. It seems that I’ve been blocked from making further requests. Could someone please explain me? Screenshot of my API calls available and the new status: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/bitquery/original/1X/d6ed53743c62b730e71a752f10532715a5c6f9a0.png) Kind regards, PM ---
**Author:** ![aman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@aman](https://community.bitquery.io/u/aman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/2 "2022-03-27T09:10:07Z")
where are you trying to run your queries ---
**Author:** ![Penko\_Mlakar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@Penko\_Mlakar](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Penko_Mlakar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/3 "2022-03-28T16:08:32Z")
Hm… you’ll need to be more specific. I am not sure whether you’re referring to a location, machine, operating system… ---
**Author:** ![aman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@aman](https://community.bitquery.io/u/aman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/4 "2022-03-28T17:07:40Z")
The problem is you created a query that was not optimized, that impacted our servers hence your account has been blocked that’s why this status ---
**Author:** ![Penko\_Mlakar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@Penko\_Mlakar](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Penko_Mlakar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/5 "2022-03-28T19:00:41Z")
I guess this was relevant to a query that was getting transactions for a certain token for a specific day and time. I noticed just yesterday, that for **smartContractCalls** query, even if I specify “date and time” e.g. “ **date: {since: 2022-03-22T20:30:00}** ”, it does not consider time at all, sometimes collecting more than 25000 transactions for that day alone. Is there a problem with smartContractCalls? It was just recently that I’ve started getting such issues I believe. But I cant be sure. Could you give me any additional info on which query was the culprit here? I don’t remember getting any feedback on what was going on at all, I just got blocked 😕 ---
**Author:** ![aman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@aman](https://community.bitquery.io/u/aman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/7 "2022-03-28T20:37:59Z")
It’s an automatic bot that detects such activities blocks the user from performing any other queries ---
**Author:** ![mbajpai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@mbajpai](https://community.bitquery.io/u/mbajpai)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/8 "2022-03-28T20:45:10Z")
Please ping @gaurav\_zen on telegram ---
**Author:** ![Penko\_Mlakar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@Penko\_Mlakar](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Penko_Mlakar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/9 "2022-03-29T07:37:33Z")
Ok, I’ve pinged you right now. ---
**Author:** ![Penko\_Mlakar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@Penko\_Mlakar](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Penko_Mlakar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/10 "2022-03-29T07:40:52Z")
Is there a way for me to see when I am impacting BitQuery servers too hard so that I can make sure myself that I won’t get blocked again in the future? I am running some of my hobby crypto-related projects and I must admit that I am not a professional, but I want to learn more about how to handle such situations when using BitQuery. Furthermore, will this “ **Period is blocked** ” status ever go away from my account or is some other action required from my side? **UPDATE** : I’ve just noticed that I do not have this status anymore. I guess due to a new active period start (on 28.03.2022) 🙂 Though I would still appreciate any information on how can I make sure that my queries won’t impact your servers too hard again. ---
**Author:** ![gaurav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@gaurav](https://community.bitquery.io/u/gaurav)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/12 "2022-03-29T08:43:18Z")
Is there a way for me to see when I am impacting BitQuery servers too hard so that I can make sure myself that I won’t get blocked again in the future? If you running unoptimized queries then it’s a problem, to make sure the your queries are optimized then check [Points](https://community.bitquery.io/t/introducing-points/874) of those queries on [GraphQL IDE](https://phql.bitquery.io/). I am running some of my hobby crypto-related projects and I must admit that I am not a professional, but I want to learn more about how to handle such situations when using BitQuery. Check points on your queries → If points are high then try to optimize it → If unsuccessful, then simply post the query on this forum, we will help to optimize. Furthermore, will this “ **Period is blocked** ” status ever go away from my account or is some other action required from my side? If you are blocked then ping our [Telegram group](https://t.me/bloxy_info) ---
**Author:** ![Penko\_Mlakar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@Penko\_Mlakar](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Penko_Mlakar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/13 "2022-04-03T10:47:04Z")
Thank you for all your feedback. I think I’ve figured out the origin of my issues, I believe it is not really performance-related. I’ve made a new topic on that matter, you can see it here: > [@Network: bsc inbound-outbound queries (including "Money Flow" webpage) fail 99% of the time](https://community.bitquery.io/t/network-bsc-inbound-outbound-queries-including-money-flow-webpage-fail-99-of-the-time/956): > > Hi, for the last week, I’ve been struggling to get the money flow of a specific wallet for a specified date range (inbound-outbound). Important notice: this started happening to me a month or two ago. Before that, it worked fine without serious issues. First: The Money Flow pipe diagram (Sankey) basically now doesn’t show/load for me 99% of the time (succeded only once in the last week), not even for the last 7 days range. Example: Second: Based on a query of the Money Flow pipe diagram, m… ---
**Author:** ![aman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@aman](https://community.bitquery.io/u/aman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/period-is-blocked/930/14 "2022-04-03T15:00:03Z")
The query has been answered