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: AutoNation
providerId: autonation
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.
# Re-verified by probe 2026-09-18: the Azure API Management developer portal (sign-in gated) publishes
# zero APIs and zero products to anonymous developers, so no rate-limit documentation is reachable; the
# api.autonation.com gateway answers 404 at every root path without a rate-limit header.
method: probed
generated: '2026-09-18'
modified: '2026-09-18'
reconciled: true
limit_count: 0
source: https://autonation.developer.azure-api.net/developer/apis?api-version=2022-04-01-preview
notes: AutoNation does not publish a public API or rate-limit documentation. Any API throttles are
  defined by the underlying DMS / OEM data feed under partner agreement.
tags:
  - Automotive
  - Retail
  - Rate Limiting
description: AutoNation has no published public API surface. Rate limits, when they exist, are governed
  by partner data feeds (DMS providers, OEM portals) and are negotiated bilaterally.
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: No public API
    scope: bilateral-agreement
    metric: varies
    limit: see partner agreement
    notes: AutoNation has no published public API. Limits live in the underlying DMS or OEM contract.
policies:
  - name: Partner Agreement Governs
    description: Any rate or volume restrictions live in the bilateral integration contract with the
      DMS provider or OEM, not in a public AutoNation API.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com