generated: '2026-09-07'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.dfas.mil/ (HTTP 403 to automated clients), https://mypay.dfas.mil/ (HTTP 200),
  https://corpweb1.dfas.mil/ (HTTP 200) plus web search for DFAS API documentation. No published
  rate limit, quota, throttle policy or rate-limit response header was found on any DFAS surface.
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: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
providerId: defense-finance-accounting-service
created: '2026-05-22'
modified: '2026-09-07'
tags:
- Federal Government
- Defense
- Department of Defense
- Finance
- Accounting
- Military Pay
- Civilian Pay
- Retirement
- Annuitants
description: >-
  No rate limits are published by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, because DFAS
  publishes no public API. There is no developer portal, no API reference, no OpenAPI, and no
  documented throttling policy or rate-limit response header on any DFAS host.
limit_count: 0
limits: []
headers: {}
responseCodes: {}
notes:
- >-
  2026-09-07 - This file previously carried a fabricated scaffold: X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit-Policy
  response headers, 429/503 response codes, and free (10 rpm / 20 burst) and pro (120 rpm / 240
  burst) tiers against a placeholder domain. None of it came from DFAS, and it was being read as a
  documented rate-limit signal. Replaced with a recorded zero.
- >-
  An honest zero, not an unchecked field. If DFAS publishes an API in future, re-probe for
  RateLimit-* / Retry-After headers on a live response.
references:
- name: DFAS myPay
  url: https://mypay.dfas.mil
  status: 200
- name: DFAS public website (Akamai edge denies automated clients)
  url: https://www.dfas.mil/
  status: 403