---
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: Ditto
providerId: ditto-live
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Edge Server
  - HTTP API
description: >-
  Ditto does not publish fixed cloud HTTP API rate limits; however, the Edge
  Server HTTP API supports configurable per-IP, per-API-key, and per-route
  throttling via max_requests and window_secs settings.
sources:
  - https://docs.ditto.live/edge-server/configuration/reference/http-server-resource
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Edge Server - Per IP
    scope: ip
    metric: requests_per_window
    limit: configurable
    timeFrame: configurable
  - name: Edge Server - Per API Key
    scope: key
    metric: requests_per_window
    limit: configurable
    timeFrame: configurable
  - name: Edge Server - Per Route
    scope: route
    metric: requests_per_window
    limit: configurable
    timeFrame: configurable