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: LinkSquares
providerId: linksquares
created: '2026-07-12'
modified: '2026-07-12'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Contract Management
- CLM
- Contracts
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
description: >-
  LinkSquares publishes a single documented rate limit for its API: 15 requests
  per second with a burst of 30. Requests above that ceiling receive a "Rate
  exceeded" error and further calls stop and fail to protect platform
  performance. The limit is documented in the LinkSquares API Overview and is not
  broken out per endpoint or per product; it applies across the Analyze and
  Finalize surfaces that share the same API token.
notes: >-
  Numeric limit (15 rps, burst 30) is confirmed from the LinkSquares help
  center. The exact HTTP status code returned for throttling is not explicitly
  documented; 429 is the conventional code and is assumed here for the throttled
  response. Verify current limits in the customer-gated API reference.
sources:
- https://help.linksquares.com/hc/en-us/articles/10575707057175-LinkSquares-API-Overview
- https://help.linksquares.com/hc/en-us/articles/10849398433559-Analyze-API-Sample-Use-Cases
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: API Requests
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 15 per second
  notes: Documented steady-state limit across the LinkSquares API.
- name: Burst
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 30
  notes: Documented short burst ceiling above the steady-state 15 rps.
policies:
- name: Rate Exceeded Error
  description: Requests beyond the limit return a "Rate exceeded" error and subsequent calls stop and fail to protect platform performance.
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should throttle to 15 rps, implement exponential backoff with jitter, and retry after receiving rate-exceeded responses.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com