Help with DataStores: SetAsync request dropped, throttled

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I’m trying to set datastore values in a script, and when the function runs it errors hundreds of times. Here’s the script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function (Player)
	local Stats = script.Stats:Clone()
	Stats.Parent = Player
	
	local function UpdateStats()
		local DataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("PlayerStats")
		local Data = {}

		local SetSuccess, SetError = pcall(function()
			DataStore:SetAsync(Player.UserId.."_Money", Stats.Money.Value)
			DataStore:SetAsync(Player.UserId.."_CapacityLevel", Stats.CapacityLevel.Value)
			DataStore:SetAsync(Player.UserId.."_AmountLevel", Stats.AmountLevel.Value)
			DataStore:SetAsync(Player.UserId.."_WalkspeedLevel", Stats.WalkspeedLevel.Value)
		end)
		
		if not SetSuccess then
			warn(SetError)
			game.ReplicatedStorage.Notify:FireClient(Player, "Warning: Failed to save data, screenshot this and your stats. "..SetError, Color3.fromRGB(200, 150, 50))
		end
		
		task.wait()
		
		local GetSuccess, GetError = pcall(function()
			Data.Money = DataStore:GetAsync(Player.UserId.."_Money")
			Data.CapacityLevel = DataStore:GetAsync(Player.UserId.."_CapacityLevel")
			Data.AmountLevel = DataStore:GetAsync(Player.UserId.."_AmountLevel")
			Data.WalkspeedLevel = DataStore:GetAsync(Player.UserId.."_WalkspeedLevel")
		end)

		if not GetSuccess then
			warn(GetError)
			game.ReplicatedStorage.Notify:FireClient(Player, "Warning: Failed to retrieve data, screenshot this and your stats. "..GetError, Color3.fromRGB(200, 150, 50))
		end
		
		Stats.Money.Value = Data.Money
		Stats.CapacityLevel.Value = Data.CapacityLevel
		Stats.AmountLevel.Value = Data.AmountLevel
		Stats.WalkspeedLevel.Value = Data.WalkspeedLevel
		
		Player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 15 + Stats.WalkspeedLevel.Value
	end
	
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(UpdateStats)
	for _, Stat in pairs(Stats:GetChildren()) do
		Stat.Changed:Connect(UpdateStats)
	end
	UpdateStats()
end)

And this is the error(s) I’m getting:
302: SetAsync request dropped. Request was throttled, but throttled request queue was full.
DataStoreService: SetAsyncThrottle: SetAsync request dropped. Request was throttled, but throttled request queue was full. API: SetAsync, Data Store: PlayerStats

How do I fix this? Am I doing something wrong?

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Datastores do have a request budget, this error means you’re calling datastore too often.
You’re calling SetAsync 4 times and GetAsync 4 times everytime a single stat changes, which is very bad solution.
Save your stat data only once at a time, for example in a 10 minutes period and when player leaves. Also it doesn’t make sense to save your stats and then immediately load them when you know the values.

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