generated: '2026-08-02'
method: searched
source: https://docs.safe.security/balbixhelp/docs/balbix-rest-api-guide-v20
docs: https://docs.safe.security/balbixhelp/docs/balbix-rest-api-guide-v20
api: Balbix REST API v1
summary: Balbix documents no hard request-rate ceiling. The published constraint is a
  concurrency limit of 4 simultaneous sessions per customer, plus per-endpoint
  pagination ceilings. No rate-limit response headers are documented.
rate_limits:
- name: Concurrent sessions
  limit_count: 4
  limit_unit: concurrent sessions
  scope: per customer
  behavior_on_exceed: Queued — "new sessions will be processed once previous requests
    have been handled."
  source: https://docs.safe.security/balbixhelp/docs/balbix-rest-api-guide-v20
hard_rate_limit: false
hard_rate_limit_statement: "Although there are no hard-coded rate limits, the API only
  supports 4 concurrent sessions per customer; new sessions will be processed once
  previous requests have been handled."
signalling:
  headers: []
  note: No X-RateLimit-*, RateLimit-* (RFC 9239 style) or Retry-After headers are
    documented.
  retry_after_documented: false
  status_code_429_documented: false
token_expiry:
  session_token_ttl_seconds: 1800
  note: Authorization tokens issued by /apis/v1/gen_token expire after 30 minutes,
    which bounds session length independently of any rate limit.
pagination_ceilings:
- endpoint: /apis/v1/bx-it/asset/vulns/{DEVICE_ID}
  max_page_limit: 1000
- endpoint: /apis/v1/bx-it/application/vulns/{APP_ID}
  max_page_limit: 1000
- endpoint: /apis/v1/bx-it/asset/misconfig_details/{DEVICE_ID}
  max_page_limit: 100
- endpoint: /apis/v1/bx-it/asset/sw_details/{DEVICE_ID}
  max_page_limit: 100
- endpoint: /apis/v1/bx-it/application/artifacts/{APP_ID}
  max_page_limit: 100
- endpoint: /apis/v1/bx-it/application/infra-assets/{APP_ID}
  max_page_limit: 100
usage_guidance:
  bulk_export_supported: false
  statement: "The API is not suitable for bulk data exports, but instead for the
    retrieval of data regarding individual or small numbers of Assets."
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-02'
  url: https://docs.safe.security/balbixhelp/docs/balbix-rest-api-guide-v20.md
  http_status: 200