---
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: Gitpod
providerId: gitpod
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
description: >-
  The Gitpod REST API returns HTTP 429 on rate limit violations and the SDK
  automatically retries up to 2 times on 429 responses. Specific numeric rate
  limits are not publicly documented; limits are applied per authenticated API
  key at the request level.
sources:
  - https://www.gitpod.io/docs/references/gitpod-public-api
  - https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-sdk-python
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Gitpod REST API
    scope: key
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: minute