generated: '2026-09-13'
method: searched
source: https://docs.here.com/policies/docs/limits-and-quotas, https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/limits-and-performance,
  https://docs.here.com/identity-and-access-management/docs/how-to-find-rate-limit-rules, https://docs.here.com/policies/docs/rps-capacity-planning,
  and 429 response definitions across the 48 documents in openapi/
supersedes: The 2026-05-04 bulk-sweep scaffold that invented free/professional/enterprise tiers with 10/100/1000
  rpm and X-RateLimit-* headers. None of those numbers came from HERE.
limit_count: 6
headers:
  retry_after: Retry-After
  limit: X-RateLimit-Limit
  reset: X-RateLimit-Reset
  usage: RateLimit-Usage
  remaining: null
  note: Retry-After is declared on 18 responses across the portfolio. X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Reset are
    declared on Tour Planning v3 only; most HERE services return a bare 429 with Retry-After. There is no portfolio-wide
    RateLimit-* header policy.
response_codes:
  throttled: 429
  surge_shedding: 503
  payload_too_large: 413
runtime_introspection:
  supported: true
  api: HERE IAM Rate Limit Rules API v1
  spec: openapi/here-rate-limit-rules-v1-openapi.yml
  docs: https://docs.here.com/identity-and-access-management/docs/how-to-find-rate-limit-rules
  detail: 'HERE publishes the enforced limits as a callable API rather than only as a documentation table. A caller
    can read the rules actually in force for its own identity (`me`), for a generic identity in its organization
    (`default`), or for a named identityHrn, and can look up rules per endpointId, pathPrefix or URL. This is the
    strongest rate-limit signal in the profile and is unusual: limits are machine-readable at runtime, per caller.'
  operations:
  - getRateLimitRulesMe
  - getRateLimitRulesDefault
  - getRateLimitRulesIdentity
  - getRateLimitRuleCaller
  - getRateLimitRuleDefault
  - getRateLimitRuleIdentity
  - getEndpoints
  - getEndpoint
limits:
- name: Per-endpoint rate limits
  scope: per-identity (app, user or organization) per endpoint
  window: not disclosed
  limit: null
  burst: null
  status_on_exhaustion: 429
  detail: All API endpoints are subject to rate limits. HERE states these limits "are subject to adjustments and
    are not disclosed in detail"; the enforced value is readable per identity through the Rate Limit Rules API.
  source: https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/limits-and-performance
- name: Surge shedding
  scope: global
  window: up to ~10 minutes
  limit: null
  status_on_exhaustion: 429
  detail: On a sudden demand surge (for example a doubling of traffic in a short period) HERE may return 429/503
    and throttle callers for up to about 10 minutes even when their quota was not reached, to protect SLA commitments.
  source: https://docs.here.com/policies/docs/limits-and-quotas
- name: RPS capacity planning threshold
  scope: per contract
  window: 5-minute average
  limit: null
  detail: Maximum RPS is measured as a 5-minute average. Customers must notify HERE 60 days before a >25% increase
    over the previous 60-day maximum; exceeding by 40% voids availability penalties.
  source: https://docs.here.com/policies/docs/rps-capacity-planning
- name: Batch API v7 — records per job
  scope: per job
  limit: 1000000
  unit: records
  status_on_exhaustion: 413
  source: https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/limits-and-performance
- name: Batch API v7 — input size
  scope: per job
  limit: 500
  unit: MB uncompressed
  status_on_exhaustion: 413
  source: https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/limits-and-performance
- name: Batch API v7 — startable job queue
  scope: per user
  limit: 500
  unit: jobs in QUEUED/SUBMITTED/FAILURE
  status_on_exhaustion: 429
  source: https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/limits-and-performance
other_limits:
- name: Batch API v7 — recId length
  limit: 512
  unit: UTF-8 characters
  effect: entry in the job error log
- name: Batch API v7 — record length
  limit: 4096
  unit: UTF-8 characters
  effect: entry in the job error log
- name: Geocoding and Search v7 — results per request
  limit: 100
  unit: items
  default: 20
  source: openapi/here-geocoding-and-search-v7-openapi.json (`limit` parameter maximum)
guidance:
  backoff: Honour Retry-After; exponential backoff with jitter on 429/503.
  quota_docs: https://docs.here.com/policies/docs/limits-and-quotas