# Rate limits transcribed from the provider's own documentation — see provenance. Quoted, not derived.
generated: '2026-09-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/quotas
sources:
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/quotas
provenance:
  tool: planning/api-economics/harvest_ratelimits.py
  run: 20260920T133210
  grounding: every limit_text was found verbatim in the fetched page text
published: true
note: Page is a quotas/limits table; many entries are size limits (not transcribed). Bandwidth quota overage
  returns retryable 429 - rateLimitExceeded. No rate-limit headers documented.
limit_count: 16
limits:
- name: Bucket creation and deletion rate
  limit_text: Approximately one request every two seconds
  scope: account
  endpoint: Bucket creation/deletion
- name: Bucket restoration rate
  limit_text: Approximately one request every two seconds
  scope: account
  endpoint: Bucket restoration
- name: Bucket metadata updates
  limit_text: One update per second
  limit: 1
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: bucket metadata updates
- name: Writes to same object name
  limit_text: One write per second
  limit: 1
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: object writes to same object name
- name: Object metadata updates
  limit_text: One update per second
  limit: 1
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: object metadata update
- name: Object writes in a bucket
  limit_text: Buckets initially support roughly 1,000 writes per second and then scale as needed
  limit: 1000
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: bucket object writes
- name: Object reads in a bucket
  limit_text: Buckets initially support roughly 5,000 object reads per second and then scale as needed
  limit: 5000
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: bucket object reads
- name: IAM policy updates per managed folder
  limit_text: One update per second
  limit: 1
  window: second
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: managed folder IAM policy updates
- name: Batch operations create requests
  limit_text: 1200 requests/min/project
  limit: 1200
  window: minute
  scope: account
  endpoint: storagebatchoperations.jobs.create
- name: Batch operations read requests
  limit_text: 1200 requests/min/project
  limit: 1200
  window: minute
  scope: account
  endpoint: storagebatchoperations.jobs.get, storagebatchoperations.jobs.list
- name: Batch operations cancel requests
  limit_text: 1200 requests/min/project
  limit: 1200
  window: minute
  scope: account
  endpoint: storagebatchoperations.jobs.cancel
- name: Batch operations delete requests
  limit_text: 1200 requests/min/project
  limit: 1200
  window: minute
  scope: account
  endpoint: storagebatchoperations.jobs.delete
- name: Queued jobs per minute
  limit_text: A maximum of 600 queued jobs per project
  limit: 600
  window: minute
  scope: account
  endpoint: storage batch operations queue
- name: Queued jobs per day
  limit_text: A maximum of 5,000 queued jobs per project
  limit: 5000
  window: day
  scope: account
  endpoint: storage batch operations queue
- name: MCP read tools
  limit_text: 600/min/project/region
  limit: 600
  window: minute
  scope: account
  endpoint: McpListBuckets, McpListObjects, McpReadText, McpGetObjectMetadata, McpReadObject
- name: MCP write tools
  limit_text: 300/min/project/region
  limit: 300
  window: minute
  scope: account
  endpoint: McpCreateBucket, McpWriteText
exceeded_status: 429