# Rate limits

> Per-credential and per-IP request limits and back-off.

Product: Clad API
Source: https://docs.useclad.ai/api/rate-limits

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Limits are enforced per minute:

- **Per credential:** 240 requests/min (keyed on your API key).
- **Per IP:** 600 requests/min (backstop, includes unauthenticated traffic).

Over the limit returns `RATE_LIMITED` (`retryable: true`). Standard rate-limit
headers are returned; back off and retry. Requests are also capped at a 1 MB
body and a bounded query depth/complexity.