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: PostHog
providerId: posthog
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Analytics
description: PostHog ingestion and query API rate limits per project.
sources:
  - https://posthog.com/pricing
  - https://posthog.com/docs/api
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Capture API
    scope: project
    metric: events_per_second
    limit: high (auto-scales)
  - name: Query API (HogQL)
    scope: user
    metric: concurrent
    limit: 5
  - name: Decide API (flags)
    scope: project
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: scales with plan
  - name: Public API
    scope: user
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 240
    timeFrame: minute