diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fd80b3ebca..e4a5e92ae7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
         "@use-gesture/react": "10.2.27",
         "@welldone-software/why-did-you-render": "7.0.1",
         "axios": "1.4.0",
+        "axios-retry": "^3.8.0",
         "bullmq": "4.6.0",
         "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
         "classnames": "2.3.2",
@@ -22472,6 +22473,15 @@
         "proxy-from-env": "^1.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/axios-retry": {
+      "version": "3.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios-retry/-/axios-retry-3.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CfIsQyWNc5/AE7x/UEReRUadiBmQeoBpSEC+4QyGLJMswTsP1tz0GW2YYPnE7w9+ESMef5zOgLDFpHynNyEZ1w==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@babel/runtime": "^7.15.4",
+        "is-retry-allowed": "^2.2.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/axobject-query": {
       "version": "3.2.1",
       "dev": true,
@@ -32750,6 +32760,17 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/is-retry-allowed": {
+      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-retry-allowed/-/is-retry-allowed-2.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XVm7LOeLpTW4jV19QSH38vkswxoLud8sQ57YwJVTPWdiaI9I8keEhGFpBlslyVsgdQy4Opg8QOLb8YRgsyZiQg==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/is-root": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae406bf7b7..4ca6e58e1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     "@use-gesture/react": "10.2.27",
     "@welldone-software/why-did-you-render": "7.0.1",
     "axios": "1.4.0",
+    "axios-retry": "^3.8.0",
     "bullmq": "4.6.0",
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
     "classnames": "2.3.2",
diff --git a/packages/config/src/config.ts b/packages/config/src/config.ts
index 8f78a2ddda..caeb909150 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/config.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ export const AGENT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MSEC =
 
 export const CLOUD_AGENT_KEY = getVarForEnvironment('CLOUD_AGENT_KEY') || v4()
 
+export const BACKOFF_RETRY_LIMIT = Number(
+  getVarForEnvironment('BACKOFF_RETRY_LIMIT') || 0
+)
+
 export const AWS_ACCESS_KEY = getVarForEnvironment('AWS_ACCESS_KEY') || ''
 export const AWS_SECRET_KEY = getVarForEnvironment('AWS_SECRET_KEY') || ''
 export const AWS_REGION = getVarForEnvironment('AWS_REGION') || ''
diff --git a/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeChatCompletion.ts b/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeChatCompletion.ts
index 50084ec650..46dc8e0c6d 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeChatCompletion.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeChatCompletion.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ import {
 } from '@magickml/core'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { OPENAI_ENDPOINT } from '../constants'
-import { DEFAULT_OPENAI_KEY, PRODUCTION } from '@magickml/config'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_OPENAI_KEY,
+  PRODUCTION,
+  BACKOFF_RETRY_LIMIT,
+} from '@magickml/config'
 import { GPT4_MODELS } from '@magickml/plugin-openai-shared'
 import { trackOpenAIUsage } from '@magickml/server-core'
+import axiosRetry from 'axios-retry'
 
 /**
  * Generate a completion text based on prior chat conversation input.
@@ -109,6 +114,16 @@ export async function makeChatCompletion(
   }
 
   try {
+    // Exponential back-off retry delay between requests
+    axiosRetry(axios, {
+      retries: BACKOFF_RETRY_LIMIT,
+      retryDelay: axiosRetry.exponentialDelay,
+      shouldResetTimeout: true,
+      retryCondition: error => {
+        return error?.response?.status === 429
+      },
+    })
+
     const start = Date.now()
     // Make the API call to OpenAI
     const completion = await axios.post(
diff --git a/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeTextCompletion.ts b/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeTextCompletion.ts
index 922e33e7dd..83f9577a1e 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeTextCompletion.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/openai/server/src/functions/makeTextCompletion.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 import { CompletionHandlerInputData, saveRequest } from '@magickml/core'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { OPENAI_ENDPOINT } from '../constants'
-import { DEFAULT_OPENAI_KEY, PRODUCTION } from '@magickml/config'
+import {
+  DEFAULT_OPENAI_KEY,
+  PRODUCTION,
+  BACKOFF_RETRY_LIMIT,
+} from '@magickml/config'
 import { GPT4_MODELS } from '@magickml/plugin-openai-shared'
 import { trackOpenAIUsage } from '@magickml/server-core'
+import axiosRetry from 'axios-retry'
 
 /**
  * Makes an API request to an AI text completion service.
@@ -72,6 +77,16 @@ export async function makeTextCompletion(
 
   // Make the API request and handle the response.
   try {
+    // Exponential back-off retry delay between requests
+    axiosRetry(axios, {
+      retries: BACKOFF_RETRY_LIMIT,
+      retryDelay: axiosRetry.exponentialDelay,
+      shouldResetTimeout: true,
+      retryCondition: error => {
+        return error?.response?.status === 429
+      },
+    })
+
     const start = Date.now()
     const resp = await axios.post(`${OPENAI_ENDPOINT}/completions`, settings, {
       headers: headers,