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: Lit Protocol
providerId: lit-protocol
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Web3
- Key Management
- MPC
- Programmable Keys
- Lit Actions
- Rate Limiting
description: The Chipotle API enforces per-API-key rate limits and a credit-balance
  gate. Read endpoints are unmetered.
notes: Limits documented in the Chipotle OpenAPI spec response codes.
sources:
- https://api.chipotle.litprotocol.com/core/v1/openapi.json
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Default
  scope: api_key
  metric: requests_per_second
  limit: 10
  notes: Default Chipotle API throughput.
- name: Credit Balance Gate
  scope: account
  metric: credits
  limit: depends on top-up
  notes: Operations halt when balance reaches $0.
policies:
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Exponential backoff on 429; refill credits to resume operations.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com