generated: '2026-08-05'
method: searched
source: https://docs.spycloud.com/public-sc/docs/api-guidelines
model: Per-API-key rate limit plus a monthly request quota, both contract-defined.
published_numeric_limits: false
note: SpyCloud documents the 429 behaviour and retry strategy but does not publish numeric per-second/per-minute
  limits or quota values; those are set per contract and raised by contacting support.
rate_limits:
- name: per-key rate limit
  limit_count: null
  interval: null
  signal: HTTP 429 "Too many requests"
  note: Numeric value is contract-defined and not published.
- name: monthly request quota
  limit_count: null
  interval: month
  signal: HTTP 429 "Limit exceeded"
  note: A "Too many requests" error takes precedence over quota exhaustion when both apply.
response_headers: []
retry_policy:
  documented: true
  default_wait_seconds: 3
  strategies:
  - name: exponential backoff
    sequence_seconds:
    - 3
    - 9
    then: log the error and fail open
  - name: sliding retry
    sequence_seconds:
    - 3
    - 4
    then: log the error and fail open
result_ceilings:
- limit: 1000 records per page
  detail: Fixed, not customizable; use cursor pagination beyond this.
- limit: 2000 potential matches per query
  detail: A query resolving to more than 2,000 potential matches returns HTTP 422; narrow the selector.
  source: https://docs.spycloud.com/public-sc/reference/response-codes
- limit: 10 selectors per request
  detail: Comma-delimited batch lookups are capped at 10 values.