# Rate limits transcribed from the provider's own documentation — see provenance. Quoted, not derived.
generated: '2026-09-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api
sources:
- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api
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 states 403 or 429 on exceeding primary and secondary rate limits.
limit_count: 18
limits:
- name: Unauthenticated requests
  limit_text: 60 requests per hour
  limit: 60
  window: hour
  scope: ip
- name: Authenticated users
  limit_text: 5,000 requests per hour
  limit: 5000
  window: hour
  scope: user
- name: GitHub App owned by Enterprise Cloud org
  limit_text: 15,000 requests per hour
  limit: 15000
  window: hour
  scope: user
  plan: GitHub Enterprise Cloud
- name: Git LFS unauthenticated
  limit_text: 300 requests per minute for unauthenticated requests
  limit: 300
  window: minute
  scope: ip
  endpoint: Git LFS
- name: Git LFS authenticated
  limit_text: 3,000 requests per minute for authenticated requests
  limit: 3000
  window: minute
  scope: user
  endpoint: Git LFS
- name: GitHub App installation
  limit_text: 5,000 requests per hour
  limit: 5000
  window: hour
  scope: account
- name: Installation scaling increment
  limit_text: 50 requests per hour for each repository
  limit: 50
  window: hour
  scope: account
- name: Installation max
  limit_text: 12,500 requests per hour
  limit: 12500
  window: hour
  scope: account
- name: OAuth app client ID/secret public data
  limit_text: 5,000 requests per hour per OAuth app
  limit: 5000
  window: hour
  scope: api-key
- name: GITHUB_TOKEN
  limit_text: 1,000 requests per hour per repository
  limit: 1000
  window: hour
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN
- name: GITHUB_TOKEN enterprise
  limit_text: 15,000 requests per hour per repository
  limit: 15000
  window: hour
  scope: endpoint
  plan: GitHub Enterprise Cloud
  endpoint: GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN
- name: Concurrent requests
  limit_text: No more than 100 concurrent requests are allowed
  limit: 100
  scope: account
  kind: burst
- name: Points per minute REST
  limit_text: No more than 900 points per minute are allowed for REST API endpoints
  limit: 900
  window: minute
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: REST API endpoints
  kind: burst
- name: Points per minute GraphQL
  limit_text: no more than 2,000 points per minute are allowed for the GraphQL API endpoint
  limit: 2000
  window: minute
  scope: endpoint
  endpoint: GraphQL API endpoint
  kind: burst
- name: CPU time
  limit_text: No more than 90 seconds of CPU time per 60 seconds of real time is allowed
  limit: 90
  scope: account
  kind: burst
- name: Content creation per minute
  limit_text: no more than 80 content-generating requests per minute
  limit: 80
  window: minute
  scope: account
  kind: burst
- name: Content creation per hour
  limit_text: no more than 500 content-generating requests per hour
  limit: 500
  window: hour
  scope: account
- name: OAuth access token requests
  limit_text: No more than 2,000 OAuth access token requests per hour
  limit: 2000
  window: hour
  scope: account
  kind: burst
headers:
- x-ratelimit-limit
- x-ratelimit-remaining
- x-ratelimit-used
- x-ratelimit-reset
- x-ratelimit-resource
- retry-after
exceeded_status: 429