# Provenance stamped 2026-10-07 (roadmap#943): written by an API Evangelist sweep (dated 2026-05-24 by the file itself), not
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generated: '2026-05-24'
apiCommonsRateLimits: "0.1"
provider:
  id: nuvei
  name: Nuvei
  url: https://docs.nuvei.com
modified: "2026-05-24"
description: |
  Nuvei does not publish a single uniform rate-limit table. Production limits are tuned per
  merchant based on contracted volume and risk. The dimensions below capture the limit categories
  that Nuvei applies in practice.
policies:
- id: per-merchant-tps
  name: Per Merchant Transactions Per Second
  description: Sustained ceiling on /payment.do, /openOrder.do, /settleTransaction.do, etc. set at
    onboarding and reviewed against contracted volume.
  scope: merchantId
  metric: requests_per_second
  default: negotiated
- id: per-site-tps
  name: Per Merchant Site Transactions Per Second
  scope: merchantSiteId
  metric: requests_per_second
  default: negotiated
- id: dmn-retry-policy
  name: DMN Retry Policy
  description: Nuvei retries DMN delivery with exponential back-off until a 200 OK is received from
    the merchant notificationUrl. Persistent failure escalates to alerting.
  scope: merchant
  metric: retry_count
  default: managed
- id: control-panel-api
  name: Control Panel API Limits
  description: Reporting and admin endpoints expose a separate, lower throughput envelope than the
    transaction APIs.
  scope: merchantId
  metric: requests_per_minute
  default: 60
- id: sandbox-throttling
  name: Sandbox Throttling
  description: Sandbox environment (ppp-test.nuvei.com) is shared and may apply soft caps to
    prevent abuse.
  scope: environment
  metric: requests_per_second
  default: soft
contact:
  url: https://docs.nuvei.com