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: Dealertrack
providerId: dealertrack
created: '2026-07-10'
modified: '2026-07-10'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Automotive
- DMS
- Opentrack
- Cox Automotive
- Partner Gated
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
description: >-
  Dealertrack (Cox Automotive) does not publish numeric API rate limits. Its
  developer surfaces are partner-gated: the Opentrack DMS integration program and
  the Cox Automotive Integration Platform (developer.coxautoinc.com). Any throttling,
  concurrency, or quota rules are governed by the partner/certification agreement and
  by per-dealer, per-vendor authorization rather than a documented public request
  cap. No open rate-limit reference exists.
notes: >-
  No public per-account or per-endpoint limits are documented as of the review date.
  Limits, if any, are defined in the Opentrack certification agreement or the Cox
  Automotive partner terms. Confirm during partner onboarding.
sources:
- https://us.dealertrack.com/resources/dealertrack-dms-opentrack-integration/
- https://developer.coxautoinc.com/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Opentrack DMS Access
  scope: vendor-dealer
  metric: requests
  limit: not published
  notes: Governed per dealer and per vendor by the Opentrack certification agreement, not a documented public cap.
- name: Cox Automotive Integration Platform
  scope: partner
  metric: requests
  limit: not published
  notes: Governed by the OAuth partner agreement on developer.coxautoinc.com; no public numeric limit.
policies:
- name: Partner Authorization
  description: Access requires per-dealer authorization plus vendor certification (Opentrack) or issued OAuth client credentials (Cox Automotive Integration Platform).
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and honor Retry-After on any 429 responses, per standard REST practice.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com