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: Soketi
providerId: soketi
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Realtime
  - Open Source
  - Rate Limiting
description: >-
  Soketi is configurable - rate limits are set by the operator at deploy time via app
  configuration. Common per-app caps include max client events per second, max read events per
  second, max backend events per second, max channels, and max presence members. There are no
  SaaS-imposed limits.
sources:
  - https://docs.soketi.app/
  - https://github.com/soketi/soketi/blob/master/src/options.ts
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: max_client_events_per_second (config)
    scope: app
    metric: events_per_second
    limit: -1
    notes: Configured per app at deploy time (e.g. SOKETI_DEFAULT_APP_MAX_CLIENT_EVENTS_PER_SECOND).
  - name: max_backend_events_per_second (config)
    scope: app
    metric: events_per_second
    limit: -1
    notes: Server-side publish rate cap.
  - name: max_read_requests_per_second (config)
    scope: app
    metric: requests_per_second
    limit: -1
    notes: REST read API rate cap.
policies:
  - name: Operator-controlled
    description: Limits are set by the operator; tune for the underlying VM and Redis cluster.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com