Separate rate limits for read and write endpoints

Question

Are GET requests rate limited separately from POST and PATCH, or do they share the same bucket?

Demo Team · Accepted Answer

Same bucket today, GET and POST both draw from the same per-key limit, writes just tend to be heavier in practice. Splitting them is on the list but not scheduled yet.

Margaret Doyle · Answer

Makes sense, our write-heavy sync job was the one hitting limits first.

Mei Lin · Answer

Would still like to see them split eventually, our read traffic is much higher than writes.

Peter Novak · Answer

Makes sense, we adjusted our sync job to batch writes more aggressively in the meantime.

Mei Lin · Answer

Would still like this split eventually but understand it is not urgent for most tenants.

Demo Team · Answer

Agreed this is lower priority than some of the other API work in flight, but it is on our radar.

Separate rate limits for read and write endpoints

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