generated: '2026-07-31'
method: probed
source: live response headers from https://api.anecdotes.ai
summary: >-
  The Anecdotes API returns rate-limit signalling headers on every response, including unauthenticated
  ones. The provider does not publish a rate-limit reference page, so the values below are recorded from
  observed responses rather than from documentation; only the header contract is asserted, not a
  guaranteed quota.
signalling:
  style: custom-headers
  standard: none
  headers:
  - name: x-rate-limit-limit
    description: The rate-limit window, expressed as a duration.
    observed_value: 5s
  - name: x-rate-limit-remaining
    description: Requests remaining in the current window.
    observed_value: '19'
  - name: x-rate-limit-reset
    description: ISO 8601 timestamp at which the current window resets.
    observed_value: '2026-08-01T01:44:11.7322624Z'
  retry_after: not observed
  exhaustion_status: not observed
limits:
- scope: unauthenticated request to https://api.anecdotes.ai/api/*
  window: 5s
  limit_count: 20
  evidence: >-
    x-rate-limit-limit: 5s with x-rate-limit-remaining: 19 on the first request in a window implies a
    ceiling of 20 requests per 5 seconds on this path. Observed 2026-07-31, not published by the provider.
    Treat as indicative.
related:
- header contract also documented indirectly by the 403 troubleshooting note requiring a descriptive
  User-Agent - see conventions/anecdotes-conventions.yml
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-07-31'
  url: https://api.anecdotes.ai/api/openapi.json
  http_status: 401
  headers_present: [x-rate-limit-limit, x-rate-limit-remaining, x-rate-limit-reset]