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Rate Limitingnoun

Capping how many requests a client may make in a period.

Rate limiting restricts the number of API calls allowed per interval, protecting a system from being overwhelmed by one caller and keeping performance predictable for everyone else.

Integrations must expect to hit limits and back off gracefully rather than hammering harder. A well-behaved client slows down; a badly behaved one gets blocked.

Also called

  • throttling
  • request quota

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