---
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: Sauce Labs
providerId: sauce-labs
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
description: >-
  Sauce Labs enforces rate limits on all REST API endpoints at two levels:
  authenticated requests are limited to 10 requests per second (3,500 per hour)
  per account, while unauthenticated requests are limited to 2 requests per
  minute per IP address. When limits are exceeded the API returns HTTP 429.
sources:
  - https://docs.saucelabs.com/dev/api/
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Authenticated API Requests (per second)
    scope: key
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: 10
    timeFrame: second
  - name: Authenticated API Requests (per hour)
    scope: key
    metric: requests_per_hour
    limit: 3500
    timeFrame: hour
  - name: Unauthenticated API Requests
    scope: ip
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 2
    timeFrame: minute