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: Daily
providerId: daily-co
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Realtime
- WebRTC
- Video
- Audio
- SDK
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: Daily REST API rate limits, reconciled from the public Daily docs reference.
notes: >-
  Daily applies different rate limits per endpoint family. 429 responses include a
  Retry-After header. Custom raises are available on Pay-As-You-Go and higher plans
  via Daily support.
sources:
- https://docs.daily.co/reference/rest-api
- https://www.daily.co/pricing/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Standard endpoints
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 20
  timeFrame: 1s
  notes: ~100 requests per 5-second sliding window for most REST endpoints.
- name: Listings and deletions
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 2
  timeFrame: 1s
  notes: List endpoints and DELETE operations (e.g., GET /rooms, DELETE /rooms/:name).
- name: Recording / live-streaming starts
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 1
  timeFrame: 1s
  notes: POST endpoints that start recordings or live streams.
policies:
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Honor Retry-After on 429 responses; use exponential backoff with jitter for retries.
- name: HTTPS Required
  description: All requests must be made over HTTPS; HTTP requests are rejected.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com