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Andrew LikensAndrew Likens 

Exceeded API Request Limit

My org has exceeded our API request limit so now my users cannot create or edit any records. This is obviously a huge pain point.  Is there a way to manually recycle our API calls back to 0? Or do we have to wait the 24 hour period for them to automatically recycle?
James LoghryJames Loghry
The API Request Limit is a 24 hour rolling limit.  That means that approximately around the next hour, you should see it drop until you reach the limit again.  The limit is based on the number of your purchased licenses, or some rediculous amount if you have an unlimited / performance edition.

You can mitigate this a bit by the following:
  1. Checking to see if your IDE or other applications or integrations are sending too many API requests, and try to throttle them back. 
  2. Saving your files less frequently by double checking your work if you're working in an IDE
  3. If you're working with multiple developers, try creating additional sandboxes and segmenting the development out