generated: '2026-09-10'
method: searched
source: https://www.geocitation.io/en/documentation/errors
limit_count: 2
limits:
- scope: per-key (global request rate)
  window: 1m
  limit: 100
  unit: requests
  note: 100 requests/minute globally per API key
- scope: per-key (audit creation)
  window: 1h
  limit: 20
  unit: audits
  note: 20 audits/hour per key
exhaustion:
  status: 429
  response_headers:
  - Retry-After
  note: On 429, retry after the Retry-After header value.
quota:
  model: plan-based monthly audit quota, separate from rate limits
  status_on_exhaustion: 402
  usage_endpoint: openapi/geocitation-openapi.json#read_usage_v1_usage_get
  usage_fields: [plan, used, limit, remaining]
observed_headers:
  note: >-
    No X-RateLimit-*/RateLimit-* headers were observed on an unauthenticated 401
    response; the docs publish the numeric limits and Retry-After but do not
    document per-response quota headers.