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: Mux
providerId: mux-com
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Video
description: Mux API and ingest rate limits. Mux publishes throughput limits for management endpoints, live ingest, and Robots job concurrency, with limits adjustable on Enterprise plans.
sources:
  - https://www.mux.com/docs/system/make-api-requests
  - https://www.mux.com/docs/system/api-rate-limits
  - https://www.mux.com/docs/guides/start-live-streaming
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
  rateLimitRemaining: X-RateLimit-Remaining
  rateLimitLimit: X-RateLimit-Limit
  rateLimitReset: X-RateLimit-Reset
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Management API requests
    scope: account
    metric: requests
    window: minute
    description: Default request-rate limits on management endpoints under api.mux.com; increased on Enterprise plans.
  - name: Live stream ingest
    scope: live_stream
    metric: concurrent
    description: One active RTMP/SRT session per Live Stream; create additional Live Streams for parallel broadcasts.
  - name: Direct upload URLs
    scope: account
    metric: requests
    window: minute
    description: Rate-limited creation of direct upload URLs; large workloads should pool URLs.
  - name: Robots jobs concurrency
    scope: account
    metric: concurrent
    description: Concurrent Robots AI jobs are capped per environment; Enterprise contracts can raise the ceiling.
  - name: Data API exports
    scope: account
    metric: requests
    window: day
    description: Daily export job creation limits on Mux Data exports endpoint.
notes:
  - Mux applies separate limits per environment (Development vs Production).
  - Limits are raised on Enterprise plans by contract.
  - Webhook delivery is retried with exponential backoff up to a configurable number of attempts.