Airtable · api · fg-0427

Airtable create or update with more than 10 records fails with 422

422 when the records array holds 11 or more items

Verified 2026-10-15 · Confirmed by 0 builders · Trust 50/100

Cause

Create, update and delete calls accept at most 10 records per request. airtable.js passes the whole array through without splitting it.

Fix

Chunk record arrays into groups of 10 and send them in sequence to stay inside the per-base rate limit.

Apply

for (let i = 0; i < records.length; i += 10) {
  await base("Orders").create(records.slice(i, i + 10));
}

Affects: Airtable Web API and airtable.js 0.12.x, as of 2026-10

Sources

• https://support.airtable.com/docs/managing-api-call-limits-in-airtable
• https://github.com/Airtable/airtable.js/issues/172

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