generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://docs.grayswan.ai/cygnal/creating-completions
api: Cygnal
summary: >-
  Cygnal enforces token-based rate limits. On the free tier the published
  limits are 200,000 tokens/minute and 10,000,000 tokens/day. Cygnal degrades
  gracefully: when quota is exhausted it still proxies the request to the
  upstream model provider, but without filtering/monitoring applied.
tiers:
  - name: free
    limits:
      - unit: tokens_per_minute
        value: 200000
      - unit: tokens_per_day
        value: 10000000
    over_quota_behavior: >-
      Request is still proxied to the upstream provider, but Cygnal filtering
      and threat monitoring are not applied.
signaling:
  note: >-
    Rate-limit response headers are not documented in the public reference;
    limits are described narratively in the completions guide.