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: TableCheck
providerId: tablecheck
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Restaurant
- Reservations
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
description: >-
  TableCheck publishes a fixed API rate limit of 10,000 requests per rolling
  5-minute period, applied independently (non-fungible) to each API component -
  so you may send up to 10,000 requests to, for example, the Availability
  component and a separate 10,000 to the CRM component within the same 5-minute
  window. Exceeding the limit returns HTTP 429 Too Many Requests, and requests
  are refused until the next 5-minute period begins. TableCheck describes the
  limit as a hard maximum, not a service-level guarantee.
notes: >-
  Numbers are grounded in TableCheck's public "Rate Limits & Cutoff" API
  documentation. TableCheck reserves the right to immediately cut off access if
  usage threatens platform stability, notifying the integrator of re-enablement
  steps afterward.
sources:
- https://tablecheck.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/API/pages/44630975/Getting+Started
- https://tablecheck.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/API
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Per-Component Request Rate
  scope: component
  metric: requests
  limit: 10000 per 5 minutes
  notes: Applied independently to each API component; limits do not pool across components.
- name: Pagination Page Size
  scope: request
  metric: items
  limit: 200 max per page (default 100)
  notes: List endpoints accept per_page up to 200 with a default of 100, paged by a zero-based page parameter.
policies:
- name: Hard Cutoff
  description: The published limit is a hard maximum, not an SLA. TableCheck may immediately suspend access if usage threatens platform stability, with re-enablement instructions to follow.
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: On a 429 response, wait until the next 5-minute window and implement exponential backoff with jitter before retrying.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com