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: Tekmetric
providerId: tekmetric
created: '2026-07-04'
modified: '2026-07-04'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Automotive
- Auto Repair
- Shop Management
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
description: >-
  Tekmetric does not publish numeric rate limits for its partner API, since
  the API reference itself is gated behind manual approval. The only public
  evidence of rate-limit behavior comes from beetlebugorg/tekmetric-mcp, an
  independent open-source client that self-throttles to 10 requests/second
  (burst of 10) and retries on HTTP 429 and 5xx responses with exponential
  backoff - a defensive posture chosen by that client's author, not a limit
  confirmed as Tekmetric's actual server-side threshold.
notes: >-
  Treat all limits below as unverified inference from third-party client
  behavior. Verify actual throttling and quota policy with Tekmetric directly
  after API access is approved.
sources:
- https://github.com/beetlebugorg/tekmetric-mcp
- https://api.tekmetric.com
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Client-Side Global Rate Limit (third-party client)
  scope: client
  metric: requests
  limit: 10 requests/second, burst of 10 (self-imposed by tekmetric-mcp, not a published Tekmetric limit)
  notes: Not an officially documented Tekmetric limit; reflects one client's defensive throttling.
- name: Tekmetric API Requests
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: not published
  notes: No numeric per-account or per-endpoint request-rate limit is publicly documented by Tekmetric.
policies:
- name: Retry with Backoff
  description: >-
    Third-party client behavior treats HTTP 429 and 5xx responses as
    temporary and retries with exponential backoff; not confirmed as an
    official Tekmetric-documented policy.
- name: OAuth Token Reuse
  description: >-
    The OAuth token endpoint is reported as idempotent - repeated calls
    return the same token rather than issuing a new one - and tokens are
    reported not to expire unless explicitly revoked by Tekmetric, reducing
    the need for frequent re-authentication calls.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com