When rate limited Retry-After is not exposed (re-open)

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Reproduction

https://github.com/clerk/javascript

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Description

from docs:

If you receive a 429 error code, you have been rate limited. All subsequent requests to that specific endpoint will be blocked for a given amount of time.

Requests that have been rate limited will receive the Retry-After response header, which contains the number of seconds after which the block expires.

yet js api does not expose the Retry-After

Environment

System:
    OS: macOS 26.6
    CPU: (15) arm64 Apple M5 Pro
    Memory: 497.44 MB / 48.00 GB
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 24.18.0
    Yarn: 1.22.22
    npm: 12.0.1
    pnpm: 11.15.1
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 150.0.7871.187
    Safari: 26.6

Start in the Clerk JavaScript repository by reproducing a rate-limited request that returns a 429 response. Trace how the response is exposed through the JavaScript API and compare it with the Retry-After behavior described in the rate-limits documentation. Done means callers can access the Retry-After value when rate limiting occurs.