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# Rate limits

To ensure stable performance and prevent misuse, our API enforces a rate limit per tenant, regardless of how many API keys a tenant uses.

#### How it works

* Each tenant is allowed up to 20 API requests per minute, across all their API keys combined.
* We use a sliding window strategy:
  * The system continuously tracks the number of requests made by a tenant over the last 60 seconds.
  * Requests are allowed as long as the tenant has not exceeded the 20-request limit within that moving window.
  * As soon as an older request drops out of the window, a new request is allowed.

#### Limit details

| Setting       | Value                   |
| ------------- | ----------------------- |
| Scope         | Per tenant              |
| Shared across | All API keys per tenant |
| Limit         | 20 request              |
| Window        | 1 minute (sliding)      |

#### When limit is exceeded

If a tenant exceeds the limit:

* The API responds with **HTTP 429 – Too Many Requests**.
* A `Retry-After` header is included in the response, indicating how long to wait before retrying.

#### Best practices

* Distribute requests evenly rather than sending many in bursts.
* If you receive a 429 error, pause requests based on the `Retry-After` header before retrying.
* Design your integration with automatic retry logic (e.g. exponential backoff) to handle throttling gracefully.


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