diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
index b1446c3e7..c403698e5 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/s3_constants"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/s3api/s3err"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/mem"
+	util_http "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/http"
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 )
@@ -740,7 +741,12 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 			return
 		}
 		// Response not yet written - safe to write S3 error response
-		s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrInternalError)
+		// Check if error is due to volume server rate limiting (HTTP 429)
+		if errors.Is(err, util_http.ErrTooManyRequests) {
+			s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrRequestBytesExceed)
+		} else {
+			s3err.WriteErrorResponse(w, r, s3err.ErrInternalError)
+		}
 		return
 	}
 }
diff --git a/weed/util/http/http_global_client_util.go b/weed/util/http/http_global_client_util.go
index 38f129365..3a969fdc8 100644
--- a/weed/util/http/http_global_client_util.go
+++ b/weed/util/http/http_global_client_util.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var ErrNotFound = fmt.Errorf("not found")
+var ErrTooManyRequests = fmt.Errorf("too many requests")
 
 var (
 	jwtSigningReadKey        security.SigningKey
@@ -332,6 +333,9 @@ func ReadUrlAsStream(ctx context.Context, fileUrl, jwt string, cipherKey []byte,
 		if r.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
 			return true, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s: %w", fileUrl, r.Status, ErrNotFound)
 		}
+		if r.StatusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s: %w", fileUrl, r.Status, ErrTooManyRequests)
+		}
 		retryable = r.StatusCode >= 499
 		return retryable, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", fileUrl, r.Status)
 	}