generated: '2026-08-19'
method: searched
source: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/rate-limits/
exhaustion_status: 429
retry_after_header: false
note: ThousandEyes signals rate limits with vendor-prefixed headers rather than the RFC 9239 RateLimit-*
  family, and does not send Retry-After. Clients are told to wait for the UTC timestamp in the matching
  *-Reset header. The 429 response body is application/problem+json.
limit_count: 4
limits:
- scope: per-organization
  window: 60s
  limit: 240
  burst: null
  applies_to: all ThousandEyes v7 API operations and MCP requests made with an API bearer token
  headers:
  - X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit
  - X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining
  - X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset
  reset_semantics: X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset is the UTC timestamp of the next rollover
  source: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/rate-limits/
- scope: per-organization (instant tests)
  window: 60s
  limit: 24
  burst: null
  applies_to: instant test operations (openapi/thousandeyes-instant-tests-openapi.yml)
  headers:
  - X-Instant-Test-Rate-Limit-Limit
  - X-Instant-Test-Rate-Limit-Remaining
  - X-Instant-Test-Rate-Limit-Reset
  source: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/rate-limits/
- scope: per-endpoint
  window: 60s
  limit: 10
  burst: null
  applies_to: POST /v7/templates/{id}/deploy
  headers:
  - X-Template-Deploy-Rate-Limit-Limit
  - X-Template-Deploy-Rate-Limit-Remaining
  - X-Template-Deploy-Rate-Limit-Reset
  reset_semantics: X-Template-Deploy-Rate-Limit-Reset is the seconds remaining until the quota resets;
    0 means access is allowed again
  source: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/rate-limits/
- scope: per-oauth2-client
  window: 60s
  limit: 240
  burst: null
  applies_to: MCP and API requests made with an OAuth 2.0 access token — a separate bucket that does not
    consume the organization limit
  headers:
  - X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit
  - X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining
  - X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset
  source: https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/integration-guides/thousandeyes-mcp-server
increase: Contact ThousandEyes Support to raise the organization limit.