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: ARMO
providerId: armosec
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Kubernetes Security
- Cloud Native Security
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
description: >-
  ARMO does not publish fixed numeric rate limits for the ARMO Platform API.
  Access is gated by an account access key (X-API-KEY), and practical throughput
  is bounded by the size of your subscription (vCPU-based) and the scanning
  cadence of your connected clusters, registries, and repositories rather than by
  a documented per-minute request cap. Callers should implement retry with
  exponential backoff and honor 429 responses if throttled.
notes: >-
  Numeric per-account or per-endpoint API limits are not documented as of the
  review date. Verify any published limits in the ARMO API reference / Swagger
  during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://hub.armosec.io/docs/armo-swagger-api
- https://api.armosec.io/openapi/v2/swaggerui
- https://hub.armosec.io/reference
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Platform API Requests
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: not published
  notes: No fixed numeric request-rate limit is documented for the ARMO Platform API.
- name: Access Key Scope
  scope: account
  metric: keys
  limit: per account
  notes: API calls require an Agent Access Key; keys are managed under Settings and via the Access Keys API.
- name: Scan Cadence
  scope: cluster
  metric: scans
  limit: configurable
  notes: Posture and image scans run on the operator's schedule; registry scans can be cron-scheduled via the API.
policies:
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and honor Retry-After on 429 responses.
- name: Regional Endpoints
  description: Use the correct regional base URL (api.armosec.io for EU, api.us.armosec.io for US) for your tenant to avoid cross-region errors.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com