title: How to avoid a TooManyApplicationVersion exception on AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
body: <p>Lately has anyone witnessed the </p>
  
  <pre><code>TooManyApplicationVersions Exception
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  <p>on <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/">AWS Elastic Beanstalk</a> console while deploying a new application version (war)? It's so annoying to see this message as it appears only after you have finished uploading the war.</p>
  
  <p>I would be interested to know why this exception occurs and what precautions one should take to avoid such situations?</p>