Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
patch: Add rate limits to API docs
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
Added a section on rate limiting to our API docs so that customers can understand why we don't publish our rate limits.
  • Loading branch information
rhampt authored and vipulgupta2048 committed Jan 15, 2025
1 parent 9f5972e commit 5f2fa00
Showing 1 changed file with 14 additions and 0 deletions.
14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions pages/reference/api/overview.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -129,8 +129,22 @@ curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <AUTH_TOKEN>"
```

## Rate limits

We intentionally do not publish detailed rate limits or the inner workings of our rate-limiting algorithm. Our goal is to keep the API experience as seamless as possible.

Engineers using our API shouldn’t have to manage the complexity of rate limits to automate workflows effectively. The rate limits we enforce are generous, and customers running large-scale automation rarely encounter issues.

Publishing specific rate limits often results in them being treated as a "target" or a fixed barrier, which is not how we intend the API to be used. Our rate limits are designed to provide a minimum level of protection for the API and to ensure consistent performance for all users, without requiring customers to worry about exceeding them.

To maintain the best experience, we also need the flexibility to adapt and evolve the rate-limiting algorithm. Publishing fixed limits could constrain our ability to improve and respond to specific needs without disrupting customers.

Instead, we provide the `Retry-After` header. The HTTP `Retry-After` response header indicates how long the user agent should wait before making a follow-up request. When a request exceeds the current rate limit, the response will include this header with a value indicating how long you should be waiting before retrying. This ensures your code can dynamically adapt on runtime without needing workarounds or context about the rate-limiting mechanism.


[odata]:https://www.odata.org/
[odata-docs]:https://www.odata.org/getting-started/basic-tutorial/
[resources]:/reference/api/resources/fleet
[tokens]:/learn/accounts/account#session-tokens
[api-keys]:/learn/accounts/account#api-keys

0 comments on commit 5f2fa00

Please sign in to comment.