generated: '2026-08-02'
method: searched
source: https://docs.roboflow.com/deployment/production-checklist.md
signal:
  status_code: 429
  retry_after_header: null
  guidance: Roboflow does not publish a global rate-limit budget or RateLimit-* response headers. 429 is the documented
    signal to back off with exponential backoff and jitter (1s, 2s, 4s, 8s + random offset), capping attempts.
rate_limits:
- scope: Serverless Hosted API
  limit_count: null
  window: null
  note: No published numeric limit. On 429, back off and retry; move to a Dedicated Deployment or contact enterprise
    support for higher throughput.
- scope: Deployment Manager — device logs (per IP)
  limit_count: 5
  window: minute
  http_status: 429
- scope: Deployment Manager — device logs (global)
  limit_count: 50
  window: minute
  http_status: 429
- scope: Deployment Manager — telemetry reads (per device)
  limit_count: 60
  window: minute
  burst: 10 requests over 10 seconds
  http_status: 429
payload_limits:
- scope: Serverless Hosted API image upload
  limit: 20 MB
  note: Larger images are rejected; the Python SDK downsizes automatically.
- scope: Batch Processing per-image
  limit: 20 MB
observability_headers:
- header: x-model-cold-start
  description: Whether this request paid the model load cost.
- header: x-processing-time
  description: Server-side processing time for the request.
docs: https://docs.roboflow.com/deployment/edge-devices/deployment-manager.md#errors