API Rate Limits, Retries, and Timeouts: Build for Failure
Plan API rate limits, deadlines, retries, and idempotency together so your integration handles failures without duplicate work or uncontrolled recovery traffic.
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Rate Limits
Rate limits control the amount or frequency of activity a provider accepts. Treat the documented limits and error responses as part of the integration contract, and decide how your application should delay or decline additional work.
Use the field notes below to connect rate limits with the decisions in your own integration. Begin with a concrete task and the questions you need to answer; note the assumptions that still require confirmation in the provider’s documentation. Each guide provides a distinct explanation, practical examples, and an official source for further reading.
Field notes about Rate Limits
Keep the wider workflow in view: explore the API directory, compare your options with the evaluation guide, or follow the developer workflow to move from a documented capability to a useful first request.