---
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: Val Town
providerId: val-town
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
description: >-
  Val Town enforces per-minute API request quotas by plan tier (1,000/min Free;
  10,000/min Pro/Teams), daily run quotas, val creation rate limits, and
  execution timeouts per run.
sources:
  - https://www.val.town/limits
headers:
  retryAfter: Retry-After
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: API Requests (Free)
    scope: user
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 1000
    timeFrame: minute
  - name: API Requests (Pro/Teams)
    scope: user
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 10000
    timeFrame: minute
  - name: Val Creations (Free)
    scope: user
    metric: val_creations_per_minute
    limit: 10
    timeFrame: minute
  - name: Val Creations (Pro/Teams)
    scope: user
    metric: val_creations_per_minute
    limit: 60
    timeFrame: minute
  - name: Daily Runs (Free)
    scope: user
    metric: runs_per_day
    limit: 100000
    timeFrame: day
  - name: Daily Runs (Pro)
    scope: user
    metric: runs_per_day
    limit: 1000000
    timeFrame: day
  - name: Daily Runs (Business)
    scope: user
    metric: runs_per_day
    limit: 5000000
    timeFrame: day
  - name: Execution Timeout (Free)
    scope: user
    metric: wall_clock_seconds_per_run
    limit: 60
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Execution Timeout (Pro/Teams)
    scope: user
    metric: wall_clock_seconds_per_run
    limit: 600
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Worker Idle Timeout
    scope: user
    metric: idle_seconds
    limit: 10
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Worker Absolute Ceiling
    scope: user
    metric: wall_clock_hours
    limit: 6
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Request Chain Depth
    scope: user
    metric: chain_depth
    limit: 15
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Incoming Email Size
    scope: user
    metric: email_size_mib
    limit: 30
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Val File Size
    scope: user
    metric: characters_per_val
    limit: 80000
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Files Per Val
    scope: user
    metric: files_per_val
    limit: 1000
    timeFrame: usage
  - name: Daily Log Lines (Free)
    scope: user
    metric: log_lines_per_day
    limit: 100000
    timeFrame: day
  - name: Daily Log Lines (Pro/Teams)
    scope: user
    metric: log_lines_per_day
    limit: 200000
    timeFrame: day