specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: 3M
providerId: 3m
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Industrial
  - Manufacturing
  - Supply Chain
  - Rate Limiting
description: 3M does not publish public rate-limit numbers for its Partner and Supplier API. Limits, throttling
  behavior, and SLAs are defined inside the bilateral partner agreement.
notes: No public developer rate-limit documentation — placeholder only.
sources:
  - https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/partners-suppliers/api/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Partner API throttling
    scope: account
    metric: varies
    limit: governed by partner contract; no public numeric ceiling
policies:
  - name: Contract-defined throttling
    description: Throughput and concurrency are set in the trading-partner agreement; coordinate any volume
      changes with the 3M integration team.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com