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: Vanilla Forums
providerId: vanilla-forums
created: '2026-07-21'
modified: '2026-07-21'
generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Community
description: >-
  Vanilla (Higher Logic Vanilla) API v2 rate limits are enforced per IP
  address. Exceeding a limit triggers a temporary block during which the
  service responds HTTP 429 Too Many Requests; the block lifts automatically
  after 1 minute. Sending more than 250 requests within 10 seconds can trigger
  a hard block that requires manual removal by Vanilla Support.
sources:
  - https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/44-rate-limits
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: GET requests
    scope: ip
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 300
    timeFrame: minute
  - name: POST / PUT / PATCH / DELETE requests
    scope: ip
    metric: requests_per_minute
    limit: 120
    timeFrame: minute
  - name: Hard limit (manual unblock required)
    scope: ip
    metric: requests_per_10_seconds
    limit: 250
    timeFrame: 10 seconds