diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go
index d4097f4fa85..28616531d5b 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/log_actions.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	limitExceededException      = "LimitExceededException"
+	throttlingException         = "ThrottlingException"
 	defaultEventLimit           = int64(10)
 	defaultLogGroupLimit        = int64(50)
 	logIdentifierInternal       = "__log__grafana_internal__"
@@ -233,6 +234,9 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) executeStartQuery(ctx context.Context, logsClient c
 		if errors.As(err, &awsErr) && awsErr.Code() == "LimitExceededException" {
 			e.logger.FromContext(ctx).Debug("ExecuteStartQuery limit exceeded", "err", awsErr)
 			err = &AWSError{Code: limitExceededException, Message: err.Error()}
+		} else if errors.As(err, &awsErr) && awsErr.Code() == "ThrottlingException" {
+			e.logger.FromContext(ctx).Debug("ExecuteStartQuery rate exceeded", "err", awsErr)
+			err = &AWSError{Code: throttlingException, Message: err.Error()}
 		}
 		err = errorsource.DownstreamError(err, false)
 	}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts
index 21a964561e0..c809ef0f794 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,53 @@ describe('CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should call getQueryResults until the query returns even if it the startQuery gets a throttling error from aws', async () => {
+      const { runner } = setupMockedLogsQueryRunner();
+
+      const options: DataQueryRequest<CloudWatchLogsQuery> = {
+        ...LogsRequestMock,
+        targets: rawLogQueriesStub,
+      };
+
+      const queryFn = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(of(startQueryErrorWhenThrottlingResponseStub))
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(of(startQuerySuccessResponseStub))
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(of(getQuerySuccessResponseStub));
+
+      const response = runner.handleLogQueries(rawLogQueriesStub, options, queryFn);
+      const results = await lastValueFrom(response);
+      expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+
+      // first call
+      expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+        1,
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          targets: expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ subtype: 'StartQuery' })]),
+        })
+      );
+      // we retry because the first call failed with the rate limiting error
+      expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+        2,
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          targets: expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ subtype: 'StartQuery' })]),
+        })
+      );
+      // we get results because second call was successful
+      expect(queryFn).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+        3,
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          targets: expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ subtype: 'GetQueryResults' })]),
+        })
+      );
+
+      expect(results).toEqual({
+        ...getQuerySuccessResponseStub,
+        errors: [],
+        key: 'test-key',
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should return an error if it timesout before the start queries can get past a rate limiting error', async () => {
       const { runner } = setupMockedLogsQueryRunner();
       // first time timeout is called it will not be timed out, second time it will be timed out
@@ -469,6 +516,18 @@ const startQueryErrorWhenRateLimitedResponseStub = {
   ],
 };
 
+const startQueryErrorWhenThrottlingResponseStub = {
+  data: [],
+  errors: [
+    {
+      refId: 'A',
+      message:
+        'failed to execute log action with subtype: StartQuery: ThrottlingException: ThrottlingException: Rate exceeded',
+      status: 500,
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
 const startQueryErrorWhenBadSyntaxResponseStub = {
   data: [],
   state: 'Error',
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/utils/logsRetry.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/utils/logsRetry.ts
index fa7d3e51582..deae2449531 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/utils/logsRetry.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/utils/logsRetry.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ function splitErrorsData(errors: DataQueryError[]) {
   const refIdsForRequestsToRetry: string[] = [];
   const errorsNotToRetry: DataQueryError[] = [];
   errors.map((err) => {
-    if (err?.message?.includes('LimitExceededException') && err.refId) {
+    if (
+      err?.refId &&
+      (err.message?.includes('LimitExceededException') || err.message?.includes('ThrottlingException'))
+    ) {
       refIdsForRequestsToRetry.push(err.refId);
     } else {
       errorsNotToRetry.push(err);