name: Drone Rate Limits
description: >-
  Drone CI/CD REST API does not publicly document specific rate limiting policies
  in its official documentation. As a self-hosted platform, rate limiting behavior
  is primarily determined by the infrastructure and configuration of the individual
  Drone server deployment rather than centrally enforced limits. The Drone Cloud
  hosted offering may have implicit limits based on resource availability and fair
  use policies. Enterprise customers should consult Harness support for specific
  rate limit guidance.
specificationVersion: "0.1"
rateLimits:
  - name: API Authentication
    description: >-
      The Drone REST API uses bearer token authentication. Tokens are personal
      access tokens retrieved from the Drone user interface. There are no
      documented per-minute or per-hour request limits on API calls in the
      official documentation. Limits are subject to the underlying server
      infrastructure capacity.
    type: authentication
    documented: false
    notes: >-
      Self-hosted deployments inherit rate limits from the underlying server
      infrastructure. No specific thresholds are published in Drone documentation.

  - name: Self-Hosted Deployment Limits
    description: >-
      For self-hosted Drone instances, rate limiting is not enforced at the
      application level by default. Operators can configure reverse proxies
      (such as nginx or Caddy) in front of the Drone server to impose custom
      rate limits appropriate to their environment and team size.
    type: infrastructure
    documented: false
    enforcement: operator-configured
    notes: >-
      Recommended practice is to configure reverse proxy rate limiting for
      production deployments to prevent abuse.

  - name: Drone Cloud Fair Use
    description: >-
      The Drone Cloud hosted service at cloud.drone.io is operated as a
      community service for open-source projects. Usage is subject to fair
      use policies. Build concurrency and queue depth may be limited based
      on available infrastructure resources. No specific numeric thresholds
      are published.
    type: fair-use
    url: https://cloud.drone.io/welcome
    documented: false
    notes: >-
      Drone Cloud is primarily intended for open-source repositories. Teams
      requiring dedicated capacity should use the self-hosted or enterprise edition.