How long do I need to wait to reconnect to the pokemon bank after it is "locked" due to interrupted communication?

Question

I have been trying to transfer over all my old pokemon and I think I may have overdone it. I am receiving the error:

Communication with the server was interrupted during your previous session, so the server has been locked. Please wait a short while and then try to connect again.

Is there a specific time that the server is discretizing so as to keep me from constantly trying to reconnect? And as a follow up, is this (probably) actually due to a disconnect or is the bank trying to limit my access?

Answer 1

Most often it is due to a connection drop while you were doing your transfer/request.

The server will reject you for about 10 minutes and then you can try again, but if you have a lot of connection drops, it will happen again.